Macbook, parallels, and dreamweaver

Hi. I'm thinking of getting a MacBook and Parallels so I can run Dreamweaver in XP. That's just what I'm thinking. I don't want to get a MacBook just to find out that Dreamweaver barely runs on it in Parallels, or not at all.
I was thinking of getting a 2.0 GHz MacBook with 2 gigs of ram. Does anyone else think that's enough to decently run Dreamweaver on Parallels? Or should I just run Dreamweaver in XP with Boot Camp? I'm sure running Boot Camp is probably the better choice but I do want to have both Mac and XP handy without having to reboot to switch between the two.
I will also possibly be running Photoshop in XP, granted, probably not at the same time as Dreamweaver. However, is this configuration with parallels enough?
I guess I should be looking at the MacBook Pro, but I'm not there yet. I'm just beginning (learning, in fact) so I don't really need the better stuff yet. If I can get away with a MacBook, so much the better.

Programs running under Rosetta definitely start slower and do run slower than their UB or Windows counterparts. But the more important question is whether the slower speed is actually going to have an impact in everyday use.
For example, Word being slower has no impact on my document creation or editing. I notice no impact on basic photo editing in Photoshop such as cropping, touch up, levels, and so forth but some filters are noticeably slower. Still, I've not been tempted to use Photoshop in Windows (even though I have it) because a) lost productivity booting back and forth with BootCamp would probably negate any speed advantage of PS in Windows, b) the slower screen redraws of Parallels Desktop would probably similarly negate much of the advantage, and c) I've found that muscle memory is highly ingrained with Photoshop!
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Yes, if you use your BootCamp partition from which to run Windows in Parallels Desktop, that partition would receive the malware picked up by Windows. For me, it is one of the major attractions of running Parallels from a container drive. I back up that drive once a week keeping the last 3 copies - ie the one that is a month old gets erased every week. Should I encounter a resistant piece of malware, getting back up and running will require erasing the container drive from my MacBook and copying the most recent (I hope!) backup from my external drive.

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