Parallels Virtualization on OS X

[booblanco]

Hot on the heels of Boot Camp comes Parallels Workstation 2.1 Beta - the first virtualization solution for Intel Macs.

Some of its features:
- not a dual-boot solution
- use Windows, Linux and any other operating system at the same time as Mac OS X
- full support for dual-core processors and Intel Virtualization Technology
- free and fully-functional





Download now at:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/

[suavecito]

I heard this feature will be included in Leopard.

[Maverick]

dang... i wish those 200gb 2.5" hdd's are out already... hehehe! i'm running out of space.

[booblanco]

This one is definitely for the serious techies out there. Linux, anyone?

[alistair]

I can see it now.

Sooner or later, Adobe (or some other enterprising application vendor) will release _universal_ installation CDs of their apps for both XP (or Longwait) and Leopard, and need only be installed once on Intel Macs with a dual-boot or virtualized Windoze partition... cool idea if you ask me.

Next, they'll even interoperate. Run it in OS X, XP, or XP in a virtual machine under OS X - doesn't matter. They'll access the same preferences, plugins, documents, etc.

Since you're still only technically installing on one machine (that just happens to run multiple/simultaneous OSes) - it shouldn't go against any of their existing licensing terms.

That'll be the day.

[loko__loko]

I heard this feature will be included in Leopard.

no, this is different... different developer and its not free

now... you choose, BOOT CAMP or PARALLELS

[miko_d]

I think I'd go for parallels.

[super_ed]

Interesting, this will be helpful for developers that need to check with browsers.

[danieldy]

I wonder how Parallels does performance-wise when compared to Boot Camp.

[wildcard]

Will this be like VPC and Q? or will it run like it booted natively and has full hardware support?