I successfully installed Windows XP in Parallels on my Mac Pro. All seems well. I installed NOD32 anti-virus software, Microsoft Office 2003, and Visual Studio 2005. The performance of Widows XP in Parallels is spectacular. Its significantly better then what I experience on my Compaq at work. I created a new database in SQL Express and ran script to create a series to tables and associated stored procedures. The process was so fast, I thought it failed. No sooner had I taken my finger of the mouse button and it was done. My first thought was "What went wrong?". I opened the database and to my surprise all the tables and stored procedures where in place. Visual Studio 2005 performance is nothing short of spectacular.
I just received a 3.2G workstation at work. I wonder how Visual Studio 2005 will perform on this new box compared to the Mac Pro.
Ramblings of an old computer engineer/developer 