news.com.com — Quotes from the article: Don Duff-McCracken compared applications in Parallels with the same ones running directly in Windows via Boot Camp. The performance in Parallels was within 1 to 2 percent of the other, he said...Parallels plans to eventually charge $79 for its software, though it is selling it for $49 for the next 30 days.
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aquaxJun 16, 2006
Beta keys expire after a certain set time (a month perhaps)
Closed AccountJun 16, 2006
Parallels doesn't support DirectX yet making useless for gaming.
ravenmuffinJun 16, 2006
I respectfully disagree. For a 1.0 product, Parallels is very impressive.If you changed the Network Adapter to Host-only networking; Virtual Network Adapter, you could get the result you need.
kelmonJun 16, 2006
This is more or less true for myself as well. Where Parallels will come in very useful for me as at work (which is Windows-centric) and for helping out my family with their computing problems because they failed to heed my advice and bought Windows laptops instead. I'm intending to spend as much time as possible using OS X applications but it's nice to know that a full XP installation is only a couple of clicks away, if it is needed.I'm also going to install Boot Camp as well so that I can play a few of my old PC games (primarily Dawn of War) and get rid of the old P4 desktop gathering dust in my home office.
gomblyJun 18, 2006
I've got a hands-on overview of the installation process here:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/apple/How_to_Install_Windows_on_a_MacBook_using_Parallels_Desktop">http://digg.com/apple/How_to_Install_Windows_on_a_MacBook_using_Parallels_Desktop</a>