Steve1496
9th August 2006, 02:57 AM
There are two announcements:
The first is that theres a new beta out for download. It contains a number of improvements and fixes. Download it here (http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels-Desktop-1862-Mac.dmg).
As part of our commitment to leading the Mac consumer market, we're releasing an update for Parallels Desktop for Mac that improves performance both for VMs and OS X, and includes a number of great new features that make Parallels Desktop even easier to use. Some of the key features in this update include:
New Features:
*Video output improvement and acceleration
*Added multi interfaces USB devices support (including Windows Mobile 2005 devices)
*Added isochronous USB devices support (including WebCam devices)
*Minor USB fixes
*Keyboard support improvement: Eject CD key support, left/right Shift/Ctrl/*Alt (Option)/Windows keys difference support
*Added virtual disk cache policy option: Mac OS X performance optimized or guest OS performance optimized
*Image Tool fixes
*Optimized disk cache policy for Suspend/Resume feature
*Windows ME Suspend/Resume fix
*Shared Folders first time access acceleration
*Clipboard synchronization tool fixes (unreadable symbols sometimes added during copy and paste)
*Sound playback improvement
*Sound recording improvement
*Minor Full Screen mode fixes
*“Unable to allocate virtual memory” during virtual machine power on fix
*Minor GUI fixes and improvements
*Solaris doesn’t work with more than one virtual disk fix
Click the link below to download the beta update now. When we release the final update in just a few weeks, Parallels Desktop will auto-update to the most recent version. If you have auto update disabled, you'll be able to manually update Parallels Desktop by downloading the update package off of parallels.com
Source:
http://parallels.com/en/products/desktop/update_beta/
The second announcement comes from Ben Rudolph, a spokesperson for Parallels at WWDC.
Coming soon: Vista support, fast 3D graphics, new interface
Rudolph also pointed to further improvements in Parallels Desktop for Mac, including what’s described as “a groundbreaking new user interface that will make running Windows on a Mac easier and more productive than ever before;” new security and management tools; the ability to burn CDs and DVDs inside virtual machines and a new Server for Mac OS X product.
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 Windows partition. Also planned is support for Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Vista, the major update to Windows Microsoft has planned for the first calendar quarter of 2007.
And the full article is here:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/08/parallelswwdc/index.php
The first is that theres a new beta out for download. It contains a number of improvements and fixes. Download it here (http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels-Desktop-1862-Mac.dmg).
As part of our commitment to leading the Mac consumer market, we're releasing an update for Parallels Desktop for Mac that improves performance both for VMs and OS X, and includes a number of great new features that make Parallels Desktop even easier to use. Some of the key features in this update include:
New Features:
*Video output improvement and acceleration
*Added multi interfaces USB devices support (including Windows Mobile 2005 devices)
*Added isochronous USB devices support (including WebCam devices)
*Minor USB fixes
*Keyboard support improvement: Eject CD key support, left/right Shift/Ctrl/*Alt (Option)/Windows keys difference support
*Added virtual disk cache policy option: Mac OS X performance optimized or guest OS performance optimized
*Image Tool fixes
*Optimized disk cache policy for Suspend/Resume feature
*Windows ME Suspend/Resume fix
*Shared Folders first time access acceleration
*Clipboard synchronization tool fixes (unreadable symbols sometimes added during copy and paste)
*Sound playback improvement
*Sound recording improvement
*Minor Full Screen mode fixes
*“Unable to allocate virtual memory” during virtual machine power on fix
*Minor GUI fixes and improvements
*Solaris doesn’t work with more than one virtual disk fix
Click the link below to download the beta update now. When we release the final update in just a few weeks, Parallels Desktop will auto-update to the most recent version. If you have auto update disabled, you'll be able to manually update Parallels Desktop by downloading the update package off of parallels.com
Source:
http://parallels.com/en/products/desktop/update_beta/
The second announcement comes from Ben Rudolph, a spokesperson for Parallels at WWDC.
Coming soon: Vista support, fast 3D graphics, new interface
Rudolph also pointed to further improvements in Parallels Desktop for Mac, including what’s described as “a groundbreaking new user interface that will make running Windows on a Mac easier and more productive than ever before;” new security and management tools; the ability to burn CDs and DVDs inside virtual machines and a new Server for Mac OS X product.
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 Windows partition. Also planned is support for Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Vista, the major update to Windows Microsoft has planned for the first calendar quarter of 2007.
And the full article is here:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/08/parallelswwdc/index.php