Launch And Run Windows Applications Directly From Your Mac Desktop!

An update for the Parallels Desktop for Mac has just been released and is a free upgrade for all existing Parallels Desktop for Mac users.

The Parallels beta allowed Windows to run simultaneously on any Intel Mac, but with this update Parallels can bypass Windows altogether and run Windows Apps directly in the Mac OS, just like any Mac application! Parallels also has a new feature called Transporter which claims to “Migrate your entire real Windows PC to your new Mac, without reinstalling Windows or any applications!”

Parallels supports OS X Tiger and Leopard, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Other key features include:

• Shared Networking – Seamlessly connect your virtual machines to the internet without any manual network reconfiguration
• USB 2.0 support – “Plug and play” popular USB 2.0 devices like printers, scanners, and external hard drives, and use them at full native speed!
• Installation Assistant built-in tool included – Now installing Windows on a Mac takes just 3 easy steps. It’s even easier than installing it on a PC!
• Drag and Drop – Drag and drop files and folders of any size between OS X and Windows
• Graphic performance support – Start taking advantages of using Intel’s Virtualization Technology that drives rock solid stability and blazingly fast performance
• Boot Camp Support – Use a Windows XP Boot Camp partition as a virtual hard disk in Parallels Desktop for Mac
• Improved Shared Folders performance – Open folders and files faster, and transfer data across OSes with almost zero lag

Sounds awesome and almost too good to be true! Anyone update yet? How does Photoshop CS2 perform in it? Love to hear your successes and pitfalls with Parallels.

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