After reading a couple threads, it sounds like Parallels has a really hard time playing games, recognizing RAM, etc. All of this is what I want to use Parallels for, a Windows gaming portal for Mac. I've got 13 days left on my trial and so far I'm not that impressed. Mac is already a terrible platform for games, and it feels like Parallels makes it even worse. Especially when I can just bootcamp and get MUCH better quality gaming there and be able to utilize all of my RAM without fear of crashing. I came to Parallels because my HD is all messed up and will not partition. I spoke with a tech and he told me that I'd have to pay $50 for a program to fix it, Parallels is $80 and doesn't work well for what I'm going to be primarily using it for. Unless I'm completely mistaken, I won't be buying Parallels.