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04/04/2006, 10:00am, EDT
Tuesday, April 4th
Virtualization software for Intel Macs
Mac users will soon be able to run Windows along side other operating systems on their Intel-based Macs. Virtualization software company Parallels said it will announce a virtualization product for Intel-powered Macs, with more details becoming available later this week, according to a Techweb report. The company said its virtualization solution would enable users to run multiple operating systems, such as Linux and Windows simultaneously with Mac OS X. "This is not simply a "dual-boot" but instead gives our users the ability to use Windows or any other operating system at the same time as Mac OS X, enabling users to enjoy the comfort of their Mac OS X desktop while still being able to use critical applications from other OSes," according to the report. Parallels, a privately held, US-based software company, launched its first virtualisation tool, Parallels Workstation, last year. Last month, users were able to dual-boot Intel-Macs with Windowx XP as well as run Windows alongside Mac OS X using open-source software.
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I understand your cynicism but this is more a mark of whats to come than specific to the actual performance of this particular product.
Goal posts are going to be changed in a very big way, be it by this, or by future software.
>>>> http://debcentral.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=111
The next step in this evolution is actually to go down lower to do "real" hardware virtualization. Intel and AMD both have been developing processors that allow multiple OS's to run inside partitions on the system, requiring no additional software and no emulation of any kind. Earlier this week, Intel was the first to announce the availability of this type of virtualization for desktops (it has been available within Xeons for some time now) with Intel Virtualization Technology (VT). These processors currently are single core Pentiums with Hyperthreading, but will be replaced with dual core, Hyperthreaded VT enabled processors next year. AMD is planning to roll out their line of virtualization equipped processors in multiple core designs very shortly. These chips function by providing a layer, called a hypervisor, that allows multiple OS or applications to utilize the host hardware to its full potential without tripping over each other or attempting to share a single memory address among OS's.
So they're announcing that they will be announcing a future product sometime soon?
Kinda like Preheat an oven to 350 degrees... Sorry but an oven can only be in one of two states... HEATED or UNHEATED, pick one!
Dave