Parallels released a new beta today with better support for USB devices and, can you believe it, all the keys on the keyboard! This beta has absolutely nothing - and we mean nothing - to do with the yesterday's announcement of VMware for Mac.
They're also working on some great features for future editions of their virtualization software. In what sounds deceptively like an interview with one of Santa's reindeer, MacWorld enlightens us thusly:
Rudolph also pointed to further improvements in Parallels Desktop for Mac, including what’s described as “a groundbreaking new user interface that will make running Windows on a Mac easier and more productive than ever before;” new security and management tools; the ability to burn CDs and DVDs inside virtual machines and a new Server for Mac OS X product.
What’s more, Parallels Desktop for Mac will see “fast 3D graphics support,” presumably to help cater to gamers who want to run Windows games without having to reboot their machine using Boot Camp and a separate Windows partition. Also planned is support for Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Vista, the major update to Windows Microsoft has planned for the first calendar quarter of 2007.
Begun, the VM wars have.
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