The Real Excitement

While Apple's Boot Camp has generated a lot of buzz, Parallels Workstation 2.1 for OS X is what really interests me. Dual booting is necessary if you play games or need Photosohop to run at maximum speed. For me, however, I only need to run Internet Explorer, Dev Studio, Access, and Yahoo! Music. Virtualization (not emulation like Virtual PC) provides more than adequate performance for these applications without the inconvenience of rebooting. Moreover, the ability to have a complete deployment environment (Windows 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Server, etc.) readily available makes my life easier. Dreams do come true.