Parallels Desktop Finally Ships
We've been noting the steady stream of Release Candidates coming out of Parallels, but today finally saw the actual release of latest version of the leading (for now) virtualization solution for the Mac. So now those hardy (or prudent) souls out there who actually wait for a shipping product can jump on this revolutionary piece of software. At this point, there's hardly anything new to say, but the many official improvements since the last release include support for: running a Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine, USB 2.0, built-in iSights, true drag and drop between OSes, Leopard and Vista and more.The release is free for registered users. Parallels Desktop sells for $79.99 and of course you'll need a Windows license if you want to install that. A demo is available. Unfortunately, the Parallel's site is getting hammered right now, so you may have to wait a little while to grab your copy.
[Via Infinite Loop]
Update: clarified what was released.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Richard said 5:04PM on 2-27-2007
Come on guys!
Accelarate graphics! Or at least do it before june, its the one thing I've been waiting for, so that I can play games without the Bootcampery, and it would finally persuade some of my very part time gamer friends to join the light side!
Give us a date Parallels, if VMWare can do Direct X 8, albeit internally (for now) you could at least tell us that you've started!
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Dann said 3:55PM on 2-27-2007
I've downloaded the release twice now today, and both times the DMG failed to mount, with OS X claiming that it was unrecognized. Here's to hoping that the third time's a charm.
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Serviced Offices said 4:27PM on 2-27-2007
I bought the install disks and password some months ago.. Dowloaded the BETA afterwards.. and Boom the password didnt work any more ???? hmmm ok... got a trial key and it is ok.. But only as a trial--
waste of money ?? or what do I do ?? HELP...
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Adam said 4:30PM on 2-27-2007
Does this beta include Parallels answer to your reported VMWare Fusion support for 3D Hardware Acceleration? (http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/10/found-footage-vmware-fusion-to-bring-3d-hardware-acceleration/)
I won't be buying either until I am sure they can run this, as to be honest, being able to run my Windows XP games that have no hope of being ported, is my reason for Windows virtualization on my iMac.
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Quix said 5:12PM on 2-27-2007
Has anyone successfully been able to download this and get it to mount???
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matty said 5:14PM on 2-27-2007
found this mirror on the Infinite Loop comments: http://parallels.nfshost.com/
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kevinDwhite said 8:40PM on 2-27-2007
Oh my golly gosh it's fast! The beta's were always pretty peppy but this final build is amazing. Everything seems to take a most half the time. It normally takes my c2duo macbook pro about 30 seconds to fully restore a suspended XP session. It now takes less than 3 seconds. Really.
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michael said 6:49PM on 2-27-2007
Accuracy counts: This VERSION finally shipped. Parallels has been in stores since last summer.
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Linh said 9:56PM on 2-27-2007
Yes, Parallels has been working on 3D acceleration, they stated so at macworld. Whether or not we'll see it before VMWare is yet to be known.
The only thing I want it for is Vista virutalization. But so far, it has been extremely useful in my switch to the mac world.
The new boot from bootcamp is intriguing, I'm not sure I'll bite until Leopard ships though, just in case I blow my HDD up repartitioning. I haven't had a need to (altho, I've had the urge to play counterstrike)
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Tony C said 9:34AM on 2-28-2007
Yeah, my download keeps crashing out for me... It's supposed to be 58MB, but hasn't broken 26MB on a "completed" download yet, after the last four attempts...
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Thijs said 7:57PM on 2-28-2007
I thought I'd reinstall Windows XP. No such luck; it hangs when trying to install devices (Express Installation). Not happy with such a buggy final build.
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James said 4:48AM on 3-01-2007
Watch out if youre running a store bought copy as at present the keys that come with them are not working on the downloaded version.
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