Install XP and microsoft office or... install parallel and apples office ?

I am pretty close to pushing the purchase button in the macbook 2ghz 80Gb hard drive. I have been a windows user,and use Office in windows. Wondering the +/- of either installing XP pro (i have a licensed version) and installing microsoft office suite (i have a licensed version) and purchase parallel. Or should i just purchase Apples version of office. Is 80gb big enough to hold both OS's?

You can make the decision yourself. The MacBook will probably come with the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive and you'll have a few weeks to try its features. If you're not satisifed then look into using Parallels. Or you can download the Mac Office Test Drive from <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/downloa d/office2004/office2004.xml&secid=4&ssid=1&flgnosysreq=True>.
Hope this helps! bill
1 GHz Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

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