XP is really fast on Parallels, faster than OS X?

[Catzilla]

Firefox flies on my MBP, faster than Safari
When I leave the VM running it really slows things down on the Mac side.
Anyone have any tips?

[kj]

XP is fast. kj.

[MacArtist]

So do you have the preference set to give more performance to the host or guest OS?

[MGS_forgot_password]

OSX Firefox is just dog slow. Try the 3.0 Beta, it's much faster.

[macphanatic]

XP is not fast on my work issued HP nx6125 laptop with 2 gig. In fact it is dog slow and hourglasses regularly.