Parallels: Mac Pro support coming 'soon'

Parallels on Tuesday said that it will soon be releasing a Mac Pro-compatible version of its Parallels Desktop application. Released earlier this summer, the Parallels Desktop virtualization solution allows users to run a variety of alternate operating systems--including Windows, Linux, Unix, etc. --from within a separate window in Mac OS X. The company's application provides a shared work environment with Mac OS X, in contrast to Apple's Bootcamp, which requires users to boot into one operating system--prevent the user from working with both simultaneously. The company said that the new Mac Pros "have a different CPU model, and work with a specifically optimized OS X kernel." Though the company claims it is not difficult to make Parallels compatible with either of these, it said it would take a bit of time.

The company has promised a compatible version very soon: "We should have a compatible build very soon.... When I say very soon, I mean very soon. Like within the next few days." Earlier this month, the company promised improved graphic peformance and other improvements to allow support for playing 3D-accelerated games and support for Microsoft Windows Vista.

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