Parallels Improves Leopard Compatibility & Performance with New Beta Parallels, Inc., has released a new beta version of its award-winning Parallels Desktop for Mac, the world's leading desktop virtualization product, that is certified to work with Mac OS X "Leopard", delivering better performance and enhanced usability when running both Windows Vista and XP on a Mac. The new build enables current Parallels Desktop users to upgrade to Leopard more easily, and makes it simple for new users to start using OS X and Windows simultaneously.

Parallels also announced a special Leopard-related offer . From now through November 6th, 2007, new customers who purchase Parallels Desktop 3.0 will receive a $20 Apple Gift Card from Parallels good toward future purchases. Existing customers who upgrade from Parallels Desktop 2.5 to Parallels Desktop 3.0 will receive a $10 Apple gift card.

Faster and More Feature-Rich

The new beta version substantially improves Windows Vista and Windows XP performance and offers several features and enhancements that further blur the lines between Windows and Mac applications -- making the choice to switch to a Mac easy.

Highlights include:

- Parallels Transporter, which enables users to migrate their entire PC system to a Parallels virtual machine, now supports the migration of Windows from a Boot Camp partition to a Parallels virtual Disk Image. Using this tool, a user can safely migrate from a static Boot Camp partition to an expanding Parallels virtual machine, saving gigs of hard drive space.

- Complete integration with Spaces, Leopard's new multi-desktop tool. Users can use Coherence across multiple spaces, or work with OSes in full-screen mode in an individual space.

- Improved 3D performance provides users with a better 3D graphic experience for both DirectX and OpenGL games and applications.

A complete list of new features is available at www.parallels.com/products/desktop/beta .

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/29/2007 05:54:00 PM