For my job, we use our own computers and commute with them everyday.  Recently I purchased a new MacBook.  I had previously used a PC and just about everyone else in the company did as well except for one other person that had recently purchased a new MacBook as well.  I discovered that our web-based system was only programmed to run on the newest version on Internet Explorer.  For those of you with a Mac, you are probably very well aware that the newest version you can get is like 5.something while PC users are running the 8 or 9 version.  Well this presented a problem, and obviously since it has to due with work and pretty much allowing me to do my job, it needed to be fixed right away.  I finally decided that the best way to conquer this problem was by using parallels.  

Well, I’m glad I did.  Parallels definitely gets a thumbs up from me.  After a simple installation of parallels and windows vista, I was able to get things up and running. The cool part is that I’m able to run them simultaneously as shown below.  

(Internet Explorer and Safari on the same page at the same time!)

Suddenly all my Mac and Windows programs are merged and things are running smoothly. So, if there is anyone else out there like me that for some crazy reason needs to run windows on their Mac, I definitely recommend parallels.