After an intense beta testing Parallels finally released at the same time products updates for both Windows/Linux and Mac OS customers.
Parallels Workstation (for Windows and Linux) 2.2 includes following features:
- Full support for AMD SVM and stronger support for Intel VT
- Support for Windows Vista as guest OS
- Better sound and video support
- Better networking support (use WiFi connections in Linux primary OSes, and switch bridge connections between a LAN cable and WiFi connection on the fly in any guest OS)
- Better USB support (including support for isochronous devices and Windows Mobile 5 devices)
- A new shared folder utility lets users share files and folders between OSes
Parallels Desktop (for Mac OS) Update includes following features:
- Support for any Intel-based Apple hardware with any memory configuration (including Mac Pros with up to 16GB of RAM, and the full line of Core 2 Duo iMacs)
- Support for Windows Vista as guest OS
- Support for Mac OS X 10.5 (codename Leopard) as host OS
- Better USB support (including support for isochronous devices and Windows Mobile 5 devices)
I have to say this naming convention is very confusing, making hard for customers to track which product and version they need or are using.
A much straight Parallels Workstation for Windows/Linx and Parallels Workstation for Mac OS wouldn’t work well enough?
The virtualization.info Virtualization Industry Roadmap has been updated accordingly.