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This will have all you MAC owners chocking on your coffee! Avanquest have released software that will allow you to run Widows applications with OS X.

Run Windows on a Mac!
Run a Windows or Linux operating system at the same time as Mac OS X

Parallels Desktop for Mac is the leading virtualisation solution for the Mac, enabling Mac users to run Windows simultaneously with their Mac OS X on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro Towers.

The latest release of Parallels delivers easy to use migration tools, USB 2.0 support, innovative Coherence technology, and much more. It’s never been easier to run Mac OS and Microsoft Windows side by side

Note regarding box version: The box version is currently available in version 2.2 and can be upgraded automatically to version 2.5 via liveupdate.

Benefits
NEW! Parallels Installation Assistant - Now installing Windows on a Mac takes just 3 easy steps. It’s even easier than installing it on a PC!

NEW! Parallels Coherence - providing seamless integration and allowing you to maintain a single, integrated environment for running all of your applications

NEW! Parallels Transporter - Migrate your entire real Windows PC to your new Mac, without reinstalling Windows or any applications

NEW! Full USB 2.0 support - Allowing you to connect all of your favourite devices to your operating system of choice

NEW! CD/DVD Support - Burn CD/DVD, play audio CDs and read data from copy-protected CD/DVD

NEW! Boot from Boot Camp Partition. - Boot your 32-bit Windows XP Boot Camp partition directly in Parallels Desktop for Mac. FAT32 & NTFS Partition Support.

NEW! Read/Write to a Boot Camp Partition - Use a Windows XP Boot Camp partition as a virtual hard disk in Parallels Desktop for Mac

NEW! Drag and Drop - Drag and drop files and folders of any size between OS X and Windows

NEW! Improved Shared Folders performance – Open folders and files faster, and transfer data across OSes with almost zero lag

Full support - For OS X and Windows Vista [excluding Home and Basic]

Automatic network configuration - Seamlessly connecting your new virtual system to the Internet without any manual network reconfiguration

Graphic performance support – Start taking advantages of using Intel’s Virtualisation Technology that drives rock solid stability and blazingly fast performance


Why use Parallels Desktop?



With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can:

Run your favourite Mac and Windows applications at the same time without rebooting

Seamlessly connect to any network in both Mac OS and Windows using a shared network connection

Achieve a high level of performance for Windows on your Mac by leveraging Intel technology - an industry leading solution available on Parallels Software

Copy and paste items between your Mac desktop and your Windows desktop

Quickly create multiple virtual machines by using the new Parallels Installation Assistant

Achieve optimal virtual machine performance and reduce disk space by 50% or more with the new Parallels Compressor

Create “Active” backups by using Parallels Desktop for Mac in conjunction with Parallels Compressor
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Features
NEW! Resize Main Window - Resize the main virtual machine window by dragging the window corner.


NEW! Auto Adjusting Screen Resolution - Your Windows screen resolution will adjust automatically to match your Mac’s resolution.


NEW! VM Catalogue - Easily organise your multiple virtual machines from a single list.


NEW! Improved Look & Feel - The virtual machine property sheet has been completely overhauled to make it even more user friendly.


NEW! Animation - Great new animations accompany Power On/Power Off/Suspend/Resume/Pause


NEW! Improved Graphic Performance - Up to 50% faster and smoother graphic performance!


NEW! Portable Support - Take your virtual machine anywhere you go! Copy your entire virtual machine to a CD, DVD, or portable storage device and use it on any Parallels enabled computer


NEW! Real-Time Networking Configuration Modification - Change your networking configuration from Shared Networking to Bridget while your virtual machine is running.


NEW! Up to 5 Virtual NIC’s - Virtual machines can now have up to 5 virtual network interface cards.


NEW! Enhanced Shared Networking - Seamlessly connect your virtual machine to the internet via any connection, including cable modems, DSL, LAN, broadband, Wi-Fi, or dial-up, without any manual network reconfiguration. Run Cisco VPN and many other complex networking via Connection Sharing Mode


Full Screen Mode - Work with Windows or any OS just like you would on a real machine. Choose your favourite transition mode between Mac & your Parallels Virtual Machine.


Installation Assistant - Parallels Installation Assistant makes installing Windows on a Mac easier than installing Windows on a PC. Just enter your name and Windows activation code, and click “finish”. Parallels takes care of the rest!


Intel VT Support - Full support for Intel’s Virtualisation Technology drives rock solid stability and blazingly fast performance


Parallels Compressor built-in tool - Parallels Compressor improves virtual machine performance and conserves real disk space by reducing the size of your virtual machine by 50%. Compressor is included FREE with every copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac


Networking Security - Shared Networking enables multiple IP addresses to appear as one IP address on a network, effectively hiding virtual machines from the outside world. This not only enables virtual machines to seamlessly connect to the internet, but also makes them far less likely to be the victims of a hacker attack.

What are you waiting for? Avanquest web-site here.

[Boofers]

Nice review Graham,
I am temped, but still have that hybrid feeling.