Dec 13 2006
Parallels Desktop For Mac
I installed the New Parallels Beta earlier today and I’m in the process of installing my copy of XP.
Without question the new feature, Coherence, is the coolest thing about it. It allows you to run windows apps in their own window, on your mac desktop. Basically it lets you have the Windows and Mac apps running alongside each other, making them appear as if they belong on your OSX desktop.
Added to that is the feature that lets you drag and drop files between these windows. So if you have a file in your Home directory and need to copy it to your Win XP image all you do is simply drag and drop. It makes transferring data so simple.
There’s a great review of it over at LifeHacker here
If you have an Intel Mac and need to run Windoze for work, or use W$ only apps then I can’t recommend Parallels enough. It is awesome.
