Parallels Workstation 2.1 beta6

John B,

Did you log these issues with Parallels? You are using 'beta' software afterall..

Think twice before installing this program.

It'll do stuff that can't be un-instaled.

I now have new Ethernet Adapter called "Ethernet Adapter (Vi2)" listed in my Network Prefs. Parallels only gives instructions on how to disable it but not how to remove it.

Ever since the installation, my airport doesn't reconnect after waking from sleep.

If this could run from my BootCamp partition, I'd be a happy camper. Beta7 perhaps? :)

Parallels is the only way to go, especially now USB devices are supported!

Boot Camp went to launch the xp installer, a kernel panic later and my mac hard drive was trashed.

Disk Utility wouldn't touch it, also DiskWarrior and some other OS X tools were unable to get any of my data off it after many hours scouring for it... (Using FireWire Target Disk Mode on another mac)

I was finally able to recover my data by installing XP manually (Booted the XP CD by holding ALT, not using boot camp) and installed MacDrive, which was able to mount the disk just fine!

With the pace of these beta releases, I can't help but think that Parallel is cranking them out to gain market share before the release of OS 10.5. There's been rumors aplenty that Apple will package it's own virtualization software with Leopard.

Beta6 killed networking on my MBP, but this is already a known fact. I'm just new with intel Mac's (used to have iBook, now MBP) and i actually hate windows. But because i'll be needing it next schoolyear it's nice to see this alternative. In combination with Virtue Desktops this is just uber. I can litterally Apple-Tab to Parallels with a nice effect (like the cube, or warp or whatever you want).

Just installed it today but i think most people will be amazed when i show them.

I'm running beta5 with ubuntu, and networking works fine for me. DHCP didn't work, but manually setting an address does work.