I finally broke down and bought a Macbook Pro. After many debates the flexibility, OS options, and weight turned me to the light 
The first thing I did upon setup was install Parallels 3.0 w/ Windows XP in Coherence mode (which means XP windows appear just like Mac windows - meaning independantly movable/etc. instead of the old Virtual Machine-in-a-box modes which were ugly).
All the useful data (for those who care) after the break. Benchmarks, bugs, and decision-points… Continue reading →