Parallels Desktop 3.0 Upgrade for Mac
Everyone that uses a Mac for anything knows about Parallels. You don’t? Okay, here’s the skinny.
Parallels is the virtual machine software that you can run your Windows XP on. Yes, the same box. Yes, in a window. In fact, Parallels allows you to merge your Windows application right into your MacOSX Dock as if it was a Mac application with their Coherence technology.
So what does this have to do with anything? Any Mac user can tell you that there is a limited number of MMO games out there that can be played on the Mac. Very few. Seldom. Almost nihil. But NOT anymore. That’s because with the recently announced Parallels Desktop 3.0 Upgrade for Mac, it comes with this little thing that makes it worth the purchase. DirectX support. That alone in itself will open a whole new world.
Priced at $49.99 ($39.99 if you pre-order before June 6th), and if you don’t already have this great piece of software, then you’ll have to buy the full version at $79.99.
It’s not that I don’t have a Windows computer. I have a lab full of them. It’s the fact that it’s just a pita to review MMOs on multiple machines when the test machines are not the same as your primary machine. But having both Windows in a window, and MacOSX as my primary OS makes life all the easier. And ease equates to more playable games. Win-win for everyone.
June 3rd, 2007 • 
Darius Sartre • 
comment | June 3, 2007 at 08:11 | individual comment-link
I use Parallels for many things, it is very useful. One of the best features is that it will us your Bootcamp partition for the virtual machine. That will save you at least one virtual machine image. I upgraded a few days ago… it is very unlike me to upgrade to an unreleased version of software. This one will be worth every dime. (You’re looking for the word “skinny” by the way. Skivvies are a whole different thing
comment | June 3, 2007 at 11:16 | individual comment-link
My bad. Was still too early in the morning to type.
Corrected. Thanks.
3.0 isn’t out yet unless you’re a beta tester. I didn’t have the time to join as one. Beta testing was for back in the days in college when I was looking for some extra money. lol. I believe 3.0 is RC release right now, and will be production in a few weeks. Already paid for the upgrade though.