I’ve jumped in too, and I have to say the built-in Boot Camp option is not my favorite way to go. I’ve become a HUGE fan of Virtual Box by Sun Microsystems for its simplicity, open source standards, ease of use and installation, and price (FREE!).

This is such a great ad, I can’t help but see the eventual end to PCs in the consumer market if Microsoft doesn’t step it up.

I just updated my XP machine with IE8.  Keep in mind I freshly wiped and installed XP and ran updates as needed.  No funky software yet.  As I usually do, I emotionally prepare for these updates with a fresh burrito from Chipotle and begin the soon-to-be-error-prone process of upgrading.
Though I hesitate to install IE8, I [...]