Parallels and Windows 7

I just recently bought a new iMac and i'm thrilled with it, but I'm going through the PC to Mac growing pains. I bought Parallels 5 and Windows 7 in order to run programs from work and also to play some games. I loaded Parallels with no problems, but when I loaded Windows it opens with terrible graphics. Did I load it wrong? What am I doing wrong? I'm about ready to pull my hair out in sheer frustration.

What's terrible? You need to be more specific. A VM is not going to be able to display graphics like a native system. If you are trying to run some game or intensive 3D application, you aren't going to like the results.
You also need to be aware of your RAM allocations. You need RAM to run another OS along side the MacOS - and lots of it. How much RAM do you have? If you are running Windows 7 with anything less than 4 GB, you aren't going to like the results.
That is just for your Mac's RAM. You also need to be aware how much RAM you give Windows. Under XP, I could run in a VM giving Windows as little as 256 MB or 512 MB RAM. If you give Windows too much RAM, it will cause too much virtual memory activity on the Mac side, slowing it down, which, in turn, will slow the VM way down. Windows 7 is newer, flashier, and hungrier. It seems to run fine for me in Parallels 5 with it's RAM allocation set at 1 GB. I have 4 GB of Macintosh RAM.

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