Thanks for the comments all. Here's a few questions about Fusion and Parallels.
1. I use a wireless router (passworded) and airport to access the internet, no ethernet cable. Can I run WinXP or Ubuntu in Parallels or Fusion and never allow WinXP or Ubuntu access to the internet?
2. If
YES is the answer to the above question will this allow me to avoid having to use a Firewall, AV or Malware software in the WinXP or Ubuntu virtual machine as long as I never access the internet from the WinXP or Ubuntu VM?
3. Will I have both read and write access to my MBP's Superdrive from the WinXP or Ubuntu VM in either Parallels or Fusion?
4. I read this on the Fusion site
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Resume where you left off
Use the Suspend feature in VMware to freeze the exact state of your virtual machine so that you can quickly resume work without restarting Windows and opening all your applications.
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Can this also be done in Parallels also?
5. On the Fusion site they list Ubuntu Linux 6.10 as the latest Ubuntu version supported. Does anybody know if that info just hasn't been updated and that Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition can be used or not?
6. I might have one or two WinXP apps that are self contained .exe files that doesn't require installation. Can those be run in the WinXP VM as well?
7. Is moving files between OS X and the WinXP or Ubuntu VM possible and if so simple?
Probably more to ask as I think of them.