I am using 2.5 Beta3 (build 3106) on a MacBook Pro 2GHz, 2GB. Almost everything is working fine. I have 2 regular VMs with .hdd files and a 3rd one is Bootcamp partition. All VMs are on XP. Bootcamp is working fine either from real Mac startup or from Parallels. Congratulation to Parallels for this!!! (Note: I solved the greyout BootCamp option problem by making sure no USB external drive is connected to the Mac before starting Parallels.) The other 2 VMs are working fine too. The upgrade to new tools went fine. (Note: Internal iSight is working well from BootCamp native but not from Parallels Bootcamp, and it is normal according to Parallels notes.) There is something rather strange when I use an item in the START menu. For instance "My Document" (or inevitably "Turn Off Computer"). It will work normally but Parallels will suddenly fire another VM! If it is the BootCamp VM, all of a sudden, I am asked for the password to unmount the BootCamp partition. By chance, I can click CANCEL on the Mac dialog and only an error message will appear. So there is no consequences, but this is erratic behavior. Sometimes (for instance after I clicked an icon for Firefox on the desktop) it will fire a regular VM. As there is no password to ask, the VM will continue to start normally. I will need to click the stop for this machine. That VM will not start normally the next time, but Windows will recover, so it not too bad. This very unexpected behavior is only acceptable in a Beta version and it will surely look very bad in a final version. I noticed this problem in the Beta2; so I waited for Beta3 to see if it is corrected and it is not. I hope Parallels will fix it soon, even if it can appear only for people using multiple VM. Luca
