Running Windows 7 with Parallels 5 on a Macbook Pro 17" with 4 gigs ram yields poor results. I have allocated 2 gigs to the VM, which is a Boot Camp partition. I have also enabled hyperadvisor and 2 processors options. I'm seeing initial boot times as high as 10 minutes; this is a brand new laptop with a fresh install of Windows 7. There must be a way to get better performance, no? Thanks for any tips.
