Parallels Launches New Beta Test Program

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Parallels, maker of the Mac OS X virtualization software, Desktop, announced on Thursday the next phase of their beta test program. This beta for the next version of Desktop will be free and public for all Parallels Desktop 3 users.

New features in the next version include the following:

  • Coherence is now compatible with Expose, including drop-shadow effects! Youill also be able to "stack" Windows and Mac apps however youid like.
  • An improved Explorer tool that now works with suspended, as well as shut-down, virtual machines.
  • A complete, snapshot-compatible Image Tool to convert, enlarge, convert, or split/unsplit virtual drives.
  • iPhone support in Windows XP and Vista.

More information about the next steps for Desktop and a link to download of the beta are in Ben Rudolphis Blog.

John Martellaro

John Martellaro

John Martellaro was born at an early age and began writing about computers soon after that. He is a former U.S. Air Force officer and has worked for NASA, White Sands Missile Range, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Apple. At Apple he worked as a Senior Marketing Manager, a Federal Account Executive and a High Performance Computing manager. His interests include skiing, chess, science fiction and astronomy. You can follow John on Twitter at twitter.com/jmartellaro.

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