Workstation is Parallels virtualisatiesoftware en is in staat om via een virtual machine diverse besturingssystemen op de hostcomputer te draaien. Het programma kan gedraait worden onder Windows en Linux, en kan vijftien dagen uitgeprobeerd worden voordat er een licentie moet worden gekocht. Via een persbericht heeft Parallels laten weten dat er een nieuwe Workstation uit is gebracht. het gaat om de eerste release candidate van de 2.2-serie en kan vanaf deze pagina gedownload worden. in deze release zijn een groot aantal verbeteringen doorgevoerd, welke dat precies zijn lees je hieronder:
Parallels Workstation improves performance for virtual machines, as well as the primary Windows or Linux operating system. Additionally, the updated version of the Parallels Workstation software includes a number of great new features that make using multiple operating systems simultaneously even easier, such as full support for Windows Vista Beta and RC1 as a guest OS! Additionally, the Parallels Workstation 2.2 RC has the following key upgrades:[break]
- A redesigned, more user-friendly interface
- Stronger support for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT), and full support for AMD Secure Virtual Machine Technology (AMD SVM). VT and SVM drive unmatched virtual machine speed, performance, stability and isolation.
- Improved overall performance and stability.
- Support for primary OSes running on machines with up to 32 CPUs
- Shared Folders — easily share files and folders between operating systems
- Improved fullscreen mode that automatically resizes virtual machines to match your screen’s native resolution
- Support for dynamic primary OS video modes, custom video modes and 32 bpp video modes
- Full Unicode support lets users name files and directories in any language
- Support for multi interface USB devices
- Full support for Windows Mobile 2005 devices
- The default network adapter automatically bridges to the most readily available network
- Change network and bridge type on the fly
- WiFi support for Linux primary OSes
- Better sound recording and playback
- Smoother mouse synchronization for primary Linux OSes
- Improved performance for Sun Solaris running in virtual machines
- NetBSD and OpenBSD can now be run in a virtual machine as a guest OS
- Better USB support and performance
- A more powerful, easier to use Image Tool
- Easier installation on Linux primary OSes