Windows XP has been stable but I have a CentOS 4.4 VM with the Parallels Linux tools installed which crashes regularly. Here's my machine specs: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 800 MHz Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B02 SMC Version: 1.18f2 Serial Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXX Sudden Motion Sensor: State: Enabled You can download the crash reports here: http://homepage.mac.com/david_k_hess/Parallels Crashes.txt
BTW, it looks like this might be related to having the AirPort attached as the network device. I had a couple of crashes in a row and they stopped when I moved over to the Ethernet card.