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Parallels Desktop for Mac release candidate
Do the people at Parallels ever sleep? It seems like only yesterday I had never heard of them and now they are THE VMWare solution for the Intel Macs, and their product isn't even out yet!Well, that is all about to change (at least the bit about the product not being out). Parallels today announced the availability of the release candidate for the newly rechristened Parallels Desktop for Mac (they thought workstation was too Windowsy).
What's new in this release you ask? Here are some highlights:
- A new look and feel
- Better sound support
- Faster
- An uninstaller
Thanks, Cooly.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
smilespray said 7:15PM on 5-18-2006
Good comment about them coming out of nowhere. Kudos to their efforts!
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Dave said 8:06PM on 5-18-2006
Has anyone tried syncing a Pocket PC through USB to Outlook w/in the VM? I have a windows machine lying around just for some apps that sync with their pocket pc counterparts (My Sport Training, List Pro, etc.) and would love to get rid of the Windoze box and just connect up the Pocket PC through USB.
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meatmcguffin said 8:29PM on 5-18-2006
To anyone confused as hell afer installing this, the right click has been moved from ctrl-click to ctrl-shift-click. A lil annoying but, according to the parallels forums, apparently some windows apps need a dedicated ctrl-click.
Awesome app, just gets better and better!
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Canadoc said 9:04PM on 5-18-2006
Anyone know if one can use the isight camera in windows apps with the Virtualization software. I know you can't in bootcamp but can you this way? Would be nice to try msn messenger or skype for windows with video
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John Muir said 9:06PM on 5-18-2006
Desktop is better than Workstation as a title, I agree.
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doug said 10:34PM on 5-18-2006
does anyone know if the new macbook has the intel virtualization turned off like the mac mini? would love to have one of the black ones as a second machine if it can run windows/parallels at top speed....curious if anyone knows...
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bobics said 1:56AM on 5-19-2006
VMWare, like Kleenex, is a brand. Does it support converting of VMs between Virtual PC actual HD w/ Windows VMWare Parallels?
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Mora said 12:54PM on 5-19-2006
I installed it and now I am having problems while switching using Virtue Desktops, Parallels is now crashing everytime I switch desktop while using full screen mode.
Anyone is experiencing the same issue?
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igrec said 5:50AM on 5-22-2006
CrossOver for Intel Macs developement is also advancing. The tool has come to alpha stage :
http://www.casualtek.com/2006/05/22/windows-on-intel-macs-serious-things-are-still-to-come/
http://www.casualtek.com/2006/05/22/an-insider-on-crossover/
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Daniel said 2:37PM on 5-22-2006
This may be a stupid question but how did that guy get the screens to rotate like a cube, when switching between OS's? I am going to be getting an intel machine at some point and would like to be able to switch between systems like that.
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Bill T said 2:58PM on 5-22-2006
The RC is working great for. This finally put me over the edge to preorder a copy for $40.
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Edge said 8:58AM on 5-23-2006
The cube feature was added to parallels around beta 5 or 6. so it's part of the program now. works great on my MBP, run both OS X and XP in total fullscreen.
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