>>Does anyone know about what percentage is overhead vs running fully Windows? As you know I live and work in the Windows world but am ready to experiment with Apple as long as I can do it affordably and seamlessly.
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>I can't say on the Mac side. Been too many years since I've done it.
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>On the Windows side, I use Virtual PC for almost all testing (betas, client environments, etc.). It's definitely slower running in a Virtual PC but it's certainly do-able, and less excercise than moving from machine to machine. <g>
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>Plus, it's nice to be able to just "blow away" the virtual PC once I've messed it up and just start fresh without crashing my production machine.

Thank you very much for the info Dan. I hope my next machine can be a dual OS Apple. This one really is an i for Intel Mac.