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VIRTUALISATION Parallels Desktop 5: fastest Mac virtualisation?
VIRTUALISATION Parallels Desktop 5: fastest Mac virtualisation? | Parallels Desktop 5: fastest Mac virtualisation? |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 05 November 2009 | |
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But Parallels reckons good things come to those who wait, because it claims Desktop 5 "performs 22% faster than the nearest Windows-on-Mac competitor [presumably VMware] in standard productivity testing of Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro." The company also claims version 5 is as much as three times faster for virtual machine operations and up to seven times faster for graphics performance. In addition to Aero support via a WDDM driver, other key changes include support for Apple trackpad gestures in Windows applications, enhanced copy-and-paste between operating systems, multiple monitor support. "The excellent 3D graphics performance of Parallels Desktop for Mac makes it Autodesk's preferred Mac virtualisation software for customers who choose to run AutoCAD or our other design and engineering software on the Mac," said Andrew Mackles, director of AutoCAD product management at Autodesk. "We are excited about the further graphics enhancements in Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac and the potential to improve the customer experiences," he added. What else is new? Find out on page 2. |
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