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Parallels Desktop 5: fastest Mac virtualisation? E-mail
by Stephen Withers   
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Parallels claims its new Desktop 5 for Mac virtualisation software for Mac OS X is significantly faster than competing products.

Shortly after VMware released Fusion 3.0 with support for Windows' Aero feature, Parallels has followed suit with Desktop 5 for Mac.

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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