Not to beat a dead horse on the whole virtualization and Outlook on a Mac topic, but I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across an article on Businessweek.com from yesterday that talks about the same issues I wrote about in my switch to using Outlook on the Mac.

In the article, Windows on a Mac: Virtually Perfect, Stephen H. Wildstrom discusses the general benefits of using VMWare and / or Parallels on the Mac and the potential of virtual machines for the future.  He specifically uses Entourage and Outlook as a primary example of how virtualization has benefited enterprise Mac users:

“I think the application that is the biggest deal for business Mac users is Microsoft Outlook. The Mac alternative, Microsoft Entourage, is a less-than-satisfactory substitute for Outlook’s mail, contact, and calendar functions. Entourage lacks Outlook’s small business contact manager. Critical collaboration features of the Microsoft Exchange corporate mail system are also missing.”

I hope you enjoy it.  Check it out!