I'm glad that you like Parallels. The app is truly great. I like it very much - it helps me a lot. Instead of having a PC I have both worlds in my Mac.

"Semi-perfect? PC Magazine rates Boot Camp as running Vista better than any other hardware!"
Actually, it is a small wonder. Parallels: 2 OSes=2 times less RAM; Boot Camp: 1 OS, full RAM - it will work fine anyway. Unless you have 2 Gigs of RAM with Paralells.

The offer is pretty good. I upgraded in the last days of December. ATIH is a good app, really good. I don't regret a single penny spent for this upgrade

Does anybody know for how long I can use Kaspersky Internet Security on my new Parallels Desktop 3.0 Premium Edition?

Theres a license for one year for the three apps included in Premium. You'll have to buy a new license after a year of use for Kaspersky.

Other might disagree but I like Corporate version of Symantec NAV best. It works well, is not a resoruce hog like the consumer versions of many antiviral products, and At least from my expereince the defention updates are free for the length you can stand the version of your client/server. We often kept a version for many years before switching to the next.

Don't forget about Windows Defender which MS bought and lets you download for free, its one of the best Adware blockers. Popups off. Firewall on. Shields up. Ekk.

I haven't tried Symantec, and actually this is the first time I use antivirus (Kaspersky) since it was included into Parallels Premium. When virus monitor is on it works rather fine, Windows works only a little bit slower. I never needed an antivirus before I started running Windows in Parallels. Now my motto is: better safe, than sorry=)
Maybe I'll consider my options of using Symantec in a year when Kaspersky license is over

Well, you bought it now, but FWIW & >IME, Parallels has appalling USB issues and their "support" is somewhere between garbage and non-existent.:mad:

I used to run Kaspersky a few years ago but I've decided to get rid of it in some time because it was seriously dragging my system. I haven't installed Kaspersky yet from my Parallels Desktop Premium package as I think it might be the same problem I had earlier. Does Kaspersky make any problem to your system?
I like Nod32. I used it before and had no problems with it.

For Windows, I use Avast! 4. It's less intrusive than most, updated regularly and free. The later is just a bonus. It would be worth a price.

For Mac OS X, I don't… :)

I bought it a long time ago, it was just an upgrade.
Maybe there are really some problems with Parallels support, I agree. But they have a decent forum, where almost all of my major questions were answered, or at least taken into consideration.
Currently I haven't got any issues with USB. There have been some problems with printers in Parallels I admit, but all of my other USB devices work well. Mostly used of them are:

WD My book Essential Edition (320 gigs removable hard drive)
http://www.wdmybook.com/images/drive/1u/th/4.jpg

iRiver T10 MP3 player (1 Gig - works just fine!)
http://www.iriverrussia.com/images/p...0/t10_main.jpg

Canon Powershot S3IS (can be easily synchronized with Windows via USB)
http://ukrfoto.dp.ua/template/new_mo..._canons3is.jpg

No problems encountered here so far

Does anybody know if I qualify to receive product updates as a Parallels Desktop customer? Is it for free or I need to pay for these updates?

If you purchased Parallels or it came with your Mac, you qualify for free updates until the next major release.

You get free updates until they release Parallels 4.X - speaking more simply. You'll have to pay for this upgrade paying only a part of Parallels Desktop cost, if I'm not mistaken

To add:
Upgrade to newer version of Parallels Desktop will be 50$ - http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/upgrade/