Software-update: Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3150 RC2

Begin deze maand hebben de mensen van Parallels een nieuwe release candidate van Desktop for Mac beschikbaar gesteld. Desktop for Mac is Parallels virtualisatiesoftware voor Mac OS X en is in staat om via een virtual machine diverse besturingssystemen op de hostcomputer te draaien, met in het bijzonder Windows, maar ook andere operating systems zoals Linux-distributies, OS/2 en Solaris. De update van Desktop for Mac is voorzien van versienummering build 3150 RC2 en kan hier vanaf onze fileserver als dmg-bestand gedownload worden. Build 3150 kent ten opzichte van zijn voorganger eindelijk ondersteuning voor iSight. Daarnaast zijn er de nodige bugs uit Coherence Mode gehaald en wordt Boot Camp nog beter gebruikt:

This build provides several very important fixes to the problems found in previous Betas and Release candidate:

• The widest list of fixes are USB ones. Web cameras including iSight should work fine since now. Many other devices reported by beta-testers should work as well.
• Another wide list of fixes and improvements are Boot Camp fixes.
  • Since RC2 it is possible to utilize Boot Camp partition installed not on the same disk as Mac OS X is.
  • Many BSOD conditions are fixed.
  • For advanced users it is now possible to edit Boot Camp partitions configurations via VM’s .pvs configuration file.
• Several Coherence improvements:
  • Windows' Start menu is now shown if one clicks Parallels Desktop icon in Dock if user has his "Show Windows Taskbar" option set to off
  • VM now remembers if it was last shut down in Coherence mode and starts in it next time
  • Clicking on Windows application on Mac now starts VM in Coherence mode with selected application.
• Stability fixes – lots of segmentation fault (Parallels Desktop window closes unexpectedly) conditions are now fixed;
• The nasty memory leak found in live screenshot in dock feature is now fixed.
• And many other fixes…

Several important known issues:

• Mouse pointer may disappear during Parallels Tools upgrade. To have it reappear, right-click your mouse or uncapture and capture again the keyboard input
• Parallels Tools setup does not autostart in Windows NT guest OS. You should manually start the tools installation process.
• Windows 98 does not restart if the process is initiated within guest OS. You should manually restart it.
• Aggressive connecting/disconnecting of multiple USB devices may result in guest BSOD or segmentation fault.
• Some USB devices don’t work yet.

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Parallels draait WindowBlinds in Coherence | flickr