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    New Parallels version

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by hollownail, Dec 4, 2006.

  1. hollownail

    hollownail Individual 11

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    Wow! Have you guys seen what the new version of parallels can do?

    I understand it can now allow you to boot seperatly (with bootcamp) from the Parallels image.

    It also now has a new feature that, well, it's hard to describe. But it puts the windows start bar in OS X. So all your programs are running like they're OS X native. It's really wicked. Plus you can drag and drop from the XP window to OS X.

    Can't wait to get a license :)
     
    hollownail, Dec 4, 2006
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  2. Wooky

    Wooky Notebook Evangelist

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    It is still in beta. Runnning windows from the same partition requires a re-activation. Lots of people reported halts and crashes.
    The feature set is impressive, but this build is still note ready for production use. Appreciate with care. ;-)
     
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    Any pics or links?
     
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  4. hollownail

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    nope, sorry no pics. You can go to parallels.com to get more info though.

    My friend said the performance with this release is much improved.
     
    hollownail, Dec 4, 2006
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  5. hollownail

    hollownail Individual 11

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    Um... it's not in beta. Unless your talking about bootcamp.
     
    hollownail, Dec 4, 2006
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    It is beta. It's called Parallels Build 3036 Beta.

    Here is a screenie of Coherence mode:
    [​IMG]
     
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  7. hollownail

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    Hrm, I thought my friend got his through the normal update.
    But thats SO awesome!
     
    hollownail, Dec 4, 2006
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