Windows On Mac :: Parallels - Should I Use My Bootcamp Partition Or Not?

Jan 8, 2011

I installed Win7 via bootcamp. The ONLY reason I need windows is to run quickbooks - and possibly microsoft office in the future. I've gotten sick of rebooting every time I need to do a simple task in quickbooks.

So I'm looking at installing Parallels 6. QUESTION - should I just simply use my bootcamp partition?

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