This post from John Lam has prompted me to download the latest beta of VMWare Fusion.  I've had a love hate relationship with Parallels ever since I installed it.  Back when I first got my MacBook Pro I was using BootCamp to run Windows, however, I found I often wanted to switch back and forth between OS X and Windows and rebooting took way too long.  When I heard about Parallels, I was instantly interested and proceeded to download the beta.  After using it for a while I decided to go ahead and purchase it.  Since Parallels supposedly supported booting from a BootCamp partition my plan was to continue using BootCamp so I could go directly into Windows and use it without suffering from the cost of virtualization, but also be able to run it from within OS X for those times when I wanted to use apps from both OS X and Windows at the same time.  Well Parallels ended up completely hosing my BootCamp setup so I needed to start fresh with a new image that wasn't based of BootCamp.  Ever since making this change I've been frustrated when trying to get things done in VS.NET (which is more of less the only Windows app I use anymore at home).  So, I'll be downloading VMWare Fusion in hopes that it resolves many of the issues that I have with Parallels.  It might mean shelling out a little extra cash but considering the "upgrade" for existing Parallels customers is $50 for version 3 it won't be that much of a difference.  I'll let you know how it goes. :)