w00t! you don't have an Intel Mac yet???

lol, j/k :P

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I, too, will be getting Parallels when I get an Intel Mac in my office.
When are people thinking the second rev of the Intel iMac will be out?

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USB support, huh? Does that mean when I plug in my Treo and press the HotSync button, it will actually manage to detect the device before it times out and allow me to sync a couple Windows apps with my Palm? Because that'd be really cool. VPC supposedly does USB but it's so slow to work that it's useless.

This is going to be like the second thing I install on my iMac when it arrives thursday ;P

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Dude, Parallels WS is the sexiest piece of software I have seen for the Intel Macs :-D

*saving for Intel Mac*

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According to this post http://forum.parallels.com/thread1049.html only USB flash drives are supported (others *may* work but are unsupported).

I'm unable to mount the disk image for beta5 - anyone else having this trouble?

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Parallels seems all well and good, but I can't help but think it's going to be totally obsoleted by something Apple has in store for Leopard.

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Has anyone got a video of this working with the cubing effects? ie/not the video with the Virtue software

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At the moment, the download is crapping out after only 2.7 MB. That is why it won't mount, it's not all there. They may be getting hammered by requests for it.

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My download is definately crapping out after 2.7MB.

Is it posted on any mirrors?

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I've been using Parallels since beta 1 and I'm very impressed with the product and the company--they've been responsive on the support boards and steadily improving the product, which is already stable enough that I'm using it all day to access our accounting system (Quickbooks Enterprise).

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wondering if anyone has run pcmark 3dmark test in parallels

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USB: mass-storage only and extremely inconsistent
Shared folders: dragged a doc from shared folder to Outlook window (hey, we use Exchange 5.5 with no IMAP connectivity so I really, really needed Parallels, otherwise I'd've used Entourage) and it dumped Parallels hard; tried it again (after virtual reboot) just to desktop and it was fine

The mouse is much smoother; video res switching much less "scary" than before.

It's really important to update the Parallels Tools in the VM after upgrading, though.

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"5. Parallels seems all well and good, but I can't help but think it's going to be totally obsoleted by something Apple has in store for Leopard."

That's what I'm thinking. It seems like Parallels may be thinking the same --which would explain why it looks like they're throwing every resource they've got at generating buzz and getting the software out as soon as possible.

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Parallels announced 100,000 beta users!!
That shows strong sales in Intel Macs.

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OS X is so great that everyone wants to run Windows on it.

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So I have a MacBook with Boot Camp and Windows XP installed on a separate partition. Can I use Parallels to launch XP in a windows straight from OS X? I installed it, but couldn't find a way to link it to my Windows partition.

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I'm glad that I don't need a new machine just yet. I think I can hold off at least until the Leopard preview at WWDC, so I can see what it has in store, which will let me know if I really want to deal with Parallels.

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This made me feel feel like I was back back in the Max Headrum era:
"(including, not not limited to, Windows XP)."

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Why is anyone waiting for the second rev of the _iMac_... ?

The MacBook Pro I can understand, with its heat and whine issues, but the iMac Core Duo is pretty near perfect already, and represents excellent value for money.

Just seems odd to me to be holding out for the second rev.

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I don't see whats so great about this. I still can't get it to install from my bootable Windows CD and thier forum is down for whatever reason.

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