I have a MacBook Pro. I'm interested in running Windows. I've considered using Bootcamp, but it doesn't meet my needs. This lead me to consider Parallels.
My question is, is Parallels a Virtual Machine? Or, does it setup a separate disk partition? If I run Parallels from Mac OSX, can my Windows environment access my Mac OS X hard drive? I'm trying to understand how to Parallels runs Windows within Mac OS X. The reason I need to know if because I have a variety of technical needs that I'm trying to weigh in my decision.
Thank you for your help.