Macworld has a hands on with Microsoft Windows Vista Home, loading it up under Parallels Desktop and Apple’s Boot Camp. They were able to install it under Parallels.
Excerpt:
If you care about running Windows on a Mac, you’ve undoubtedly heard that the end user license agreement (EULA) for Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium [...]

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Some are reporting on the Parallels forums and elsewhere, that they are no longer having to do the “sleep trick” to get the Intel virtualization technology (VTI-x) to kick in for Parallels. You have to install the update and then power the machine all the way off - rebooting wont’ necessarily make it work [...]

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There’s a new update to Boot Camp.
Updates/Changes:
Boot Camp 1.1.2 beta contains several updates and is intended for all new and previous Boot Camp beta users.
* The Apple USB Modem now works correctly
* Trackpad scrolling and right-click gestures work correctly
* Fixed idle sleep bugs
* Reduced dialogs during Windows driver installation
* Improved international support
* Improved 802.11 wireless [...]

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Macworld UK has an excellent write-up about CodeWeavers CrossOver Mac, and how it relates to Parallels Desktop and Apple’s Boot Camp.
CodeWeavers has announced plans to release CrossOver Mac this summer. The $60 software will allow Intel Mac users to run Windows applications - including some games - without having to buy or install Windows itself.
Boot [...]

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Macworld has published a review of Parallels Desktop for Mac, including benchmarking it using applications (including Photoshop) both within a Windows Virtual Machine, as well as using Apple’s Boot Camp with Windows, and running natively under Windows on various name-brand PCs (Dell, HP, etc.). They bring up what everybody else is saying, that you’ll [...]

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