I have successfully installed paralllels including the beta update and LOVE it!. I carefull installed Office XP and a software package for writing contracts (it uses MS word macros only good on PC's). After all of this I find that it must use boot camp ...Is there a way to install boot camp AFTER /ON top of Parallels so I can use this software? Then if so, do you think 25gb remianing on the hard drive is enough?
Parallels does not require Boot Camp, though you may have certain software that requires Boot Camp. While there are ways to migrate an image from Parallels to Boot Camp, they are very tedious and leave you with a "dirty" install of Windows. The easiest way (especially if you simply have installed software) is to reinstall in Boot Camp, then guide Parallels through accessing the Boot Camp install. Finally, be sure to remove the old Parallels image (you may need to do this at the start to recover disk space needed for the Boot Camp install).
