Installing the newest release on my iMac

[Gilder53]

I just received Parallels from an order placed with New Egg. Obviously it is not the newest release. I want to install it using the boot camp partition and the copy of XP that I will be installing there.

1. Can I download the newest version and install it without having yet installed the older version I just received?

2. If I can do this, how do I then confirm to the installation that it is indeed an upgrade to a product that I have already paid for?

Normally I'd just install the older version first then upgrade but, from what I understand, I won't be able to use the boot camp partition (I am planning on installing boot camp first).

Thanks!

 

[Gilder53]

OK....I found the registration key on the back of my disk envelope. Sorry for the dumb question....but one more please:

If I install the 1970 build of Parallels, then decide I can't live without Boot Camp, can I then install Boot Camp at a later date? And still use only one installation of Windows XP?