What better way to open your first macBlogger post than with an awkward attempt at a pun? 
Parallels Desktop version 3.0 has just been officially released. The desktop virtualisation solution that allows you to run OS X and Windows (or some other operating system) side-by-side on your mac, has been under the spotlight quite a lot recently – not least because there have been free copies attached to Mac sales at a number of retail outlets in Ireland and elsewhere.
For anyone who has found themselves with a shiny new copy, or is considering forking out for the privilege of experiencing the best of “both” worlds, Web Worker Daily has written this comprehensive outline of the new version. There is a free 15-day trial available when you download the software here.
June 8th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Hi James and thanks for dropping the post.
I have to get Parallels up an running on my Macbook. I have a dual boot with Vista on my iMac but it’s of very little use to me. Parallels will make the switch effortless.
I’m going to get that 15 day trial and test it out this weekend.
Thanks for the heads up James.
June 10th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Hmmm I’ll give this one a go although I think I’ll be more likely to just go with a dual boot for Ubuntu.
June 10th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I tried installing Parallels this evening and it wouldn’t pick up on the XP CD in the drive. I converted the contents of the XP CD to a .iso image as well but that didn’t work either.
I’ll give Parallels another attempt soon.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
I have parallels running on my macbook pro aswell. I have had no issues running Windows XP and Vista. Alltho i killed vista because it was to slow for me.
Only thing that still doesnt work for me is installing an ubuntu virtual machine on the mac. I hope that the new parallels update is going to solve those issues so i can finally run ubuntu from my beloved mac aswell
June 11th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I was disappointed with my MacBook Pro’s compatibility with Ubuntu. Don’t know about Feisty, but when I installed Edgy on it a few months ago, there were issues with both the wi-fi chipset and the sound in Linux on this particular 15″ MBP. The advantage was that it forced me to try out OS X. This was a few months ago so hopefully things have improved since.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Nah it didnt. When i tried in the old version of parallels feisty would atleast install and crashed at hardware detection. Now i cant even boot the livecd anymore…
Really a no go again… shame