I am trying to set up my new imac with windows and need to
find the best and easiest way to do this. I am not a computer
genius. Does anyone have advice as to which is better -
Bootcamp or Parallels Desktop - or any other ideas?

Wanda

My preference would be Parallels. The setup does all the
work for you and it supports more than BootCamp.

With BootCamp, you have to restart into windows.

With Parallels, you can run Windows along side of the Mac
OS.

BootCamp, you have to use WindowsXPSP2, Vista later
probably.

Parallels, you can install any version of Windows, Linix,
etc.

Parallels all the way. It is worth the money.

Also, if you have your copy of windows, parallels install
guides you through it easily - only basic computer literacy
required.