I'm not sure if there is a way to run Paralells or VMWare Fusion on XP with the new MBP. My understanding is that you still have to install XP somehow and I couldn't do this. It just hung on the screen that said it was checking my hardware configuration. I'd suggest contacting Apple to ask this and then let us know on this forum what you find out.

To Apple's credit, they gave me a partial rebate of $150 towards the cost of purchasing Windows 7. Not a total win, but I took it. The sales guy I spoke to admitted that he wasn't informed of this change. I bet they're all informed now, though.

Last edited by Chris H; 03/29/11 03:22 PM.