I have an Macbook pro 17"
16GB memory.
vertex 4 512 SSD.
Running
Mountain lion,
Parallels
With an virtual machine with 2 cpu's , 4GB of assigned memory, Assigned 1024 MB to video memory.
Disabled Adaptive Hypervisor, Performance set on virtual machine. Power: Better performance
With 2 virtual network cards, 1 on dhcp for my own network and one fixed for networks without dhcp
Running Windows 7 X64 in full screen screen;
Running;
Beyond,
Quickshow
LD2000
Showtime,
Autoplay,
Livepro and the the W7 Network patch running with .net's and FB3's All together or individual with an APC40 without any problem!
I can even run Itunes , camtasia, serato DJ with my ns6 and Photoshop at the same time.
However.. those last one i would not do when performingwhy take the risk.. But its pretty nice with testing. :P