Parallels Beta 3 out

[jriff]

So - Beta 3 is out (http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac). Parallels lists the following fixes:

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* No need to reinstall Parallels Workstation if its moved from the default file location
* Mac OS X no longer restarts when Parallels Workstation is left running and host wakes up from "Sleep" mode
* Kernel no longer panics when working with several VMs
* Improved speed and performance
* Idling guest OS now consumes only 1-2% of CPU power
* Bridged networking issues fixed
* Sound support introduced
* Improved wi-fi support (especially for MacBook pros)
* Improved mouse synchronization tool
* Keyboard mapping and repeating bugs fixed
* CD/DVD problems fixed
* Many other minor bug fixes

Known Issues
* Do NOT suspend your VM when sound is playing inside guest – Mac OS X reset is possible
* VM is created with the Sound device pointing to Null Device. It is necessary to point it to "Default Audio" manually to have sound enabled in the VM.
* Sound may tremble at the beginning of playing
* Video output is a bit slow
* Parallels Tools installation may not start automatically in some cases
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Has anyone tried it? The only thing keeping me from swapping my IBM T43P for a Macbook PRO is that virtualization isn't stable enough to do serious work with yet.

[aiongiant]

does beta 3 support tranfer of files between the 2 OS? windows xp and osx?

[TJCacher]

"does beta 3 support transfer of files between the 2 OS?"

Not natively - you can always add your virtualized XP and your Mac to a Windows workgroup and exchange files over your network. I have filesharing set up both ways, and it works fine, if a little slow (I use wireless, so everything is limited to the throughput of my wireless network). But I haven't had any problems sharing files this way. You can even assign disk letters to your Mac disks and folders in XP, if you want.

On another note, I have beta 3 up and running, and am currently listening to my local college's student-run online radio station, which is exclusively done via Windows Media streaming. I never could listen to it on my old, PPC-based Mac (even with Flip4Mac and Microsoft's lame media player for OS X), and now here I am, listening to it while working away in OS X.

It's all working just perfectly.

What a gas! It's just getting better and better!

[aiongiant]

whats the best way to upgrade to beta 3?
i have beta 1 installed and xp installed on it...whats the best way to remove it and upgrade to beta 3?

*edit found out how via search in thiere forum

[sud0n1m]

I did a short little review of Parallels Beta 3 for Mac OS X (http://onmac.net/blog/2006/04/14/review-parallels-workstation-21-for-mac-os-x-beta-3/). Enjoy.