It’s been about a week since I made the big switch from a Windows laptop to a MacBook. Here is a quick update for all of you who are still holdouts. If you need Exchange integration (like I do), I can highly recommend Parallels 4.0. As the screenshot shows, Parallel’s “Coherence” mode lets Windows apps appear like native apps in the dock. It is also possible to associate file extensions in Finder with Windows apps, allowing me to launch Excel by double-clicking a .xls file. The clipboard work...

It’s been about a week since I made the big switch from a Windows laptop to a MacBook. Here is a quick update for all of you who are still holdouts. If you need Exchange integration (like I do), I can highly recommend Parallels 4.0. As the screenshot shows, Parallel’s “Coherence” mode lets Windows apps appear like native apps in the dock. It is also possible to associate file extensions in Finder with Windows apps, allowing me to launch Excel by double-clicking a .xls file. The clipboard work...