De mensen van Parallels hebben een update klaargezet van de in juni uitgebrachte 3.0-release van Desktop for Mac. Het gaat om build 5160, die vanaf deze server als dmg-bestand gedownload kan worden. Desktop for Mac is Parallels virtualisatiesoftware voor Mac OS X en is in staat om via een virtuele machine diverse besturingssystemen op de hostcomputer te draaien, met in het bijzonder Windows, maar ook andere OS'en zoals Linux-distributies, OS/2 en Solaris. Ook is Desktop for Mac in staat om een Windows-installatie die via Boot Camp op de Mac gezet is, als virtual machine te draaien. Met de 3.0-release is het niet alleen mogelijk om applicaties en games te draaien die 3d-acceleratie nodig hebben, maar kunnen ook Windows-programma's gedraaid worden in Mac OS X en vice versa. Daarnaast kan via Parallels Explorer toegang verkregen worden tot bestanden en mappen in Windows zonder dat het besturingssysteem geboot moet worden. Hieronder kan gelezen worden welke veranderingen doorgevoerd zijn in de nieuwe Desktop for Mac:
Even though we consider this a "minor update" and we're giving it away for free, there's a lot of important new stuff inside:NOTE: I love this feature because I'm a Mac junkie, and one of my biggest beefs with Windows is that there's no Expose equivalent...once you become reliant on Expose, working with alt+tab or out of the taskbar just doesn't cut it. Now, I get to use Expose in Windows the same way I do in OS X. Sweet.
- Coherence is now completely integrated with OS X’s “Expose” feature. This means when Expose is activated, each Parallels Coherence window will appear as a separate Window, displayed with its full contents. Coherence windows also “stack” in any order with Mac applications and offer drop shadows, just like native Mac application windows. You can even minimize Coherence windows to the Mac app dock, just like a normal Mac app window.
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- Mirrored Desktops, Documents and Media: This is a really great tool that ensures that you have instant access to all of your files and folders regardless of which OS X or Windows app you're using. With Mirrored Desktops & Documents, you can set your Windows Desktop as well as your “My Documents”, “My Pictures”, and “My Music” folders to automatically mirror the Mac OS X desktop and the “Documents”, “Pictures”, “Movies” and “Music” folders located in the Mac home directory. A change in one file structure is automatically reflected in the other, so no more searching for documents or worrying about managing double copies. Its a huge time and headache saver.
- More Powerful Parallels Explorer: Parallels Explorer, which enables users to view and modify the contents of their virtual machine (VM) hard disk while the VM is off, now gives you the option to automatically mount a VM hard drive to your OS X desktop as a drive that’s readable and writable even if the VM is off. This means you can access files inside their VMs instantly and at any time, even without opening Explorer.
- Superior Performance and Lower Overhead: The best part about this Update? Its FAST. I mean, really, really fast. Real-world workload performance has been substantially improved, especially in high stress situations like OS startup and shutdown, and Parallels Desktop is much friendlier when it comes to resource usage (particularly CPU utilization). Vista's faster and smoother too, and you can now also allocate up to 2GB of RAM to an individual virtual machine.
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Want dan ren ik naar de winkel om een mac te kopen.. heb eens bij iemand zitten spelen met zo'n apple echt geweldig! de snelheid van osx is een genot!
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