Parallels

Our Digital River affiliate program is offering a 10% off discount for Parallels Desktop 3.0 upgrades. The upgrade typically runs $49.99 and allows existing Parallels customers to upgrade to the latest 3.0 version of Parallels which offers 3d support, tighter Mac OS X and Windows integration and more. Parallels is virtualization software for Intel Macs that allows them to run Windows (or...

Parallels released Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Intel Macs today. The $79.99 virtualization software allows owners of Intel Macs to run Windows applications alongside Mac OS X without requiring a reboot. Amongst many other features, version 3.0 brings improved integration between Mac OS X and Windows as well as long awaited 3D graphics support. It was revealed in August that 3d acceleration...

CNN profiles the growing Mac virtualization market that allows Mac users to run Windows (and other Intel operating systems) on their Macs. An interesting side effect of this virtualization software is that it suddenly has also become easier for PC users to run Mac OS X on their PCs VMware's CEO Diane Greene told me last week that her company's existing x86 desktop product is already being used...

VMWare has posted a public beta (Build 36932) of their Intel Mac virtualization software called Fusion. The new VMware desktop product for the Mac, codenamed Fusion, allows Intel-based Macs to run x86 operating systems, such as Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris, in virtual machines at the same time as Mac OS X. It is built on VMware's...

A few tidbits from around the web: Several readers have noted that the first Mac Pros with the ATI X1900 Graphics Card started shipping earlier this week. Photos of the graphics card can be seen in this thread. Macsimumnews reports that the new 24" iMac incorporates a Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) connector for its video card. The use of this standard connector potentially means...

Parallels spokesman Ben Roudolph has revealed that Parallels is working to support 3D acceleration in an upcoming release of the company's flagship Mac product, Parallels Desktop for Mac. What's more, Parallels Desktop for Mac will see "fast 3D graphics support," presumably to help cater to gamers who want to run Windows games without having to reboot their machine using Boot Camp and a separate...

Parallels has released Release Cantidate 2 of its virtualization software, Parallels Desktop. Among the new features and improvements introduced in this version is a technology called Compressor, which shrinks a guest OS's hard disk image to up to 50% of its original size. The added features of Compressor brings added price, however. The final version will cost US $79, $30 more than the...

Last week, the buzz around the net exploded with the release of Apple's Boot Camp, which allows Intel Mac users to boot into Windows XP. This was quickly followed by Parallels' release of Workstation 2.1 Beta for Mac OS X which allows users to launch Windows under Mac OS X on Intel Macs. Parallels has already posted Beta 2 which addresses issues early beta testers have had, and is pricing...