I would like to do this as well except using Windows XP home edition, service pack 2 OEM. At the moment I am running PD 3 and would like the option of having both this and Boot Camp available to me (but not using the Boot Camp partition for both). I am new to Parallels and the Windows environment and find the whole Microsoft licensing and activation procedure a nightmare when compare to the Mac's. I wonder if anybody can tell me if I will be able to use the same copy of the Windows software for both Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop? or would I have to pay for a new copy of Windows? I would hope to be able to use the same software, because after all it is the same physical computer that it is going on, however, knowing Microsoft by repute, I don't know if this will be the case. Can anyone help?
Last edited: Jun 30, 2007