Parallel Desktop vs. BootCamp

I just saw the software at the MAC site and i red some reviews. Why shall I go for BootCamp ?
(what I have done and I am happy with despite the fact that I didnt found the @ until yet on XP)
It sounds much simpler to use Parallel Desktop. So where is the bug ? Does somebody know ?

Some more info:
If you're heavy into games, Parallels isn't the best choice yet, due to the lack of 3D acceleration, etc., that Trevor mentioned above. Parallels also doesn't have full USB 2.0 support yet, and there are some issues with USB devices under Parallels. In the next major release (early 2007) Parallels expects to have most of these issues taken care of.
That said, it does provide a great way to run Windows apps while OS X is still running. The performance isn't quite as fast as booting in to Windows, but for me that's compensated for by the fact that I can copy and paste from an OS X app into a Windows app. I have it running on my Mini and on our Mac Pro (both legally licensed), with a Vista VM and an XP VM, and I can switch between them without a problem. The newest beta release (which is still a beta, so I wouldn't recommend it for mission-critical use) has also some very nice features:
- Ability to boot a Parallels VM from a Boot Camp partition (i.e., you don't need two installs of Windows to run both)
- Ability to have Windows apps run side-by-side on your Desktop with Mac apps - making it appear that the Windows desktop isn't there (it does this via a bit of trickery, hiding the Windows desktop but leaving the apps windows and Windows taskbar visible)
- Ability to drag and drop files from the Mac Desktop or Finder onto the Windows desktop and have them copy themselves over.
If you want more info about Parallels, check out the Parallels Desktop for Mac Support Forum.
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