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Thorn lets us know, in the comments to the fast OS switching post, that
the folks at Parallels have released Beta 5 of their
Parallels Workstation 2.1 for Intel Macs. This is the software that lets you run 'virtual' machines on your Intel Macs
(including, but not limited to, Windows XP).To get an instant map to any address, just go to your Address Book and right click on the address field of any one of your contacts and select "Map Of." The address will then be revealed in Google Maps on Safari. You can do the same if a data detector determines there is an address in an e-mail in Mail.
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CALI said 11:17AM on 4-26-2006
w00t! you don't have an Intel Mac yet???
lol, j/k :P
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Joe Weaks said 11:19AM on 4-26-2006
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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Hawk said 11:31AM on 4-26-2006
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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Buthidae said 11:34AM on 4-26-2006
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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skipandmadge said 11:37AM on 4-26-2006
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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Chris Coleman said 11:48AM on 4-26-2006
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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Jonathan Channon said 11:55AM on 4-26-2006
Has anyone got a video of this working with the cubing effects? ie/not the video with the Virtue software
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DB said 12:04PM on 4-26-2006
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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Zack kitzmiller said 12:10PM on 4-26-2006
My download is definately crapping out after 2.7MB.
Is it posted on any mirrors?
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Jeff said 12:30PM on 4-26-2006
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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Eric said 12:48PM on 4-26-2006
wondering if anyone has run pcmark 3dmark test in parallels
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boB Rudis said 1:01PM on 4-26-2006
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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J. Calhoun said 1:12PM on 4-26-2006
"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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Alan Miller said 1:12PM on 4-26-2006
Parallels announced 100,000 beta users!!
That shows strong sales in Intel Macs.
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stephenju said 1:16PM on 4-26-2006
OS X is so great that everyone wants to run Windows on it.
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mxz said 2:03PM on 4-26-2006
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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Chris Coleman said 2:33PM on 4-26-2006
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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Ih8bg8s said 2:38PM on 4-26-2006
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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Reg said 7:16PM on 4-26-2006
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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Steve said 8:05PM on 4-26-2006
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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