Newbie to Mac OS MBP

I just purchased my first Mac and I am loving it!!!  I've used Windows for the past 20 years.  I'm trying to decide if I should use something like Paralells to have W7 on my MBP.  Since I can install Office 2011, the only reason to have W7 installed is for specific work applications where there is no Mac OS version.  I'm leaning toward not having W7 installed partly because I'm not sure how the virtualization tools will affect the MBP performance.  I can potentially get by without these applications installed.  Could I get some feedback on folks who use both Mac OS and W7 on their system?  Thanks.

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