First time posting here... I just ordered 17 inch MBP today. This is my first Mac ever... 
I am planning to use my MBP to try some iPhone/iPad development.
Having said that, I am still living in windows world... All my programs are for windows and I am still working on window machine both at home and work. Hence, I think it is not a bad idea to have an option to run windows on my new MBP occationally.
Also, for casual web surfing, I frequently visit many Korean Web sites (I am a Korean living in states if anyone cares to know why ) but many Korean Web sites are not really firendly with Mac. Most of sites are heavily loaded with MS technology and flash. This is another reason that I'd like to have an option to run Windows in my MBP.
I know current popular options are VMware, parallel, and bootcamp.
1) Which one is the good option for occational windows use. Pros and cons of each options? I understnad that bootcamp require reboot of machine and the other two don't. But, I am not sure how that difference will make difference in everyday use.
2) If I choose any one of the above routes, how much HW resources (partision size, memory etc.) should I allocate? I have 4GB Ram and 160GB SSD. Btw, I will be runing XP sp3.
Thanks for all your help in advance!
I am planning to use my MBP to try some iPhone/iPad development. Having said that, I am still living in windows world... All my programs are for windows and I am still working on window machine both at home and work. Hence, I think it is not a bad idea to have an option to run windows on my new MBP occationally.
Also, for casual web surfing, I frequently visit many Korean Web sites (I am a Korean living in states if anyone cares to know why
) but many Korean Web sites are not really firendly with Mac. Most of sites are heavily loaded with MS technology and flash. This is another reason that I'd like to have an option to run Windows in my MBP. I know current popular options are VMware, parallel, and bootcamp.
1) Which one is the good option for occational windows use. Pros and cons of each options? I understnad that bootcamp require reboot of machine and the other two don't. But, I am not sure how that difference will make difference in everyday use.
2) If I choose any one of the above routes, how much HW resources (partision size, memory etc.) should I allocate? I have 4GB Ram and 160GB SSD. Btw, I will be runing XP sp3.
Thanks for all your help in advance!