Parallels Desktop, the top-notch OS X application that lets users run virtualized operating systems, has reached a final non-beta version. Current Parallels users that have already purchased Desktop won’t have to pay for the update and will enjoy many new features, such as a stable coherence mode and the ability to run an OS installed on a Boot Camp partition.
Here’s the complete feature set from Parallels:
- New! Installation Assistant built-in tool included.
- New! Shared Networking
- Works on ANY Intel-Mac with ANY memory configuration with no system modification. This includes Mac Pro towers with up to 16GB of RAM, and the full line of Core 2 Duo iMacs
- New! Compatibility with developer build of Mac OS X 10.5, code-named “Leopard”
- New! Support for Windows Vista
- Solaris guest OS no longer hangs after suspend/resume
- An improved Parallels Tools package
- Full support for OpenBSD 3.8 as a guest operating system
- G4U hard disk cloning tool now works in virtual machines
- Better video output improvement and acceleration
- Added multi interface USB devices support (including Windows Mobile 2005 devices)
- Added isochronous USB devices support (including WebCam devices)
- Keyboard support improvement: Eject CD key support, left/right Shift/Ctrl/Alt (Option)/Windows keys difference support
- Added virtual disk cache policy option: Mac OS X performance optimized or guest OS performance optimized
- Image Tool fixes
- Optimized disk cache policy for Suspend/Resume feature
- Windows ME Suspend/Resume fix
- Shared Folders first time access acceleration
- Clipboard synchronization tool fixes (unreadable symbols sometimes added during copy and paste)
- Sound playback and recording improvement
