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Hia
Just thought I'd mention that I used to work in an Apple shop, so have talked to lots of people about the different options for running windows software on a mac. Two things to bear in mind when making this decision are:
1. Runnng bootcamp will allow you to use the full spec of the machine as it alws you to use windows withut having to run MacOS, so it will run much faster, however when you set it up, you have to decide how much of your harddrive will be allocated to windows. This can't be changed after you've done it - the only way is to completely delete the partition (which means deleting windows and all the programs) and re-installing everything again. This option is also cheaper as you only have to buy a copy of Windows instead of Windows and Parallels/VMware.
2. If you need access to files or programs that are in MacOS, then you are better off using Parallells/VMware as Windows effectively runs as a window within the Mac, so file transfers etc are much easier and quicker. It's also woth running through the tutorial for Parallels?VMware as there are a few bits that aren't immediately obvious that can make life difficult if you don't know how to deal with it.
Personally I use bootcamp with quickbooks and separate payroll system on XP (will upgrade to Win7 when I have the time to deal with it!).
acp657 - I'm not sure if you've already made your decision, but if you have got any questions (or anyone else) I'm happy to help!
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