http://www.officeformac.com/ms/microsoft.public.mac.office.excel I'm trying to keep this topic alive, in the hopes that we can figure out a solution. <br><br>I and several others have experienced a performance problem when using Excel 2008 with Parallels + Windows XP Pro (SP2/SP3). (All updates of all pieces of software have been installed). <br><br>When Parallels is open and active, typing in cells in Excel -- even in a blank spreadsheet -- is extremely slow. There is a lag of several seconds between keystrokes and when the text appears on screen, and keystrokes are often lost as well... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:10:42 GMT Web Crossing(r) Unix-v6.4 built Jan 14 2010 18:50:13 (source:1372 2010-01-14 15:39:31 -0800)/Unix-6.4 (http://webcrossing.com/) http://backend.userland.com/rss