parallels_small Parallels Desktop updated to 3.0.5600Parallels Inc. has updated its virtualization application Parallels Desktop to a new version 3.0.5600. It now supports Windows Vista SP1 & Windows XP SP3.

“Run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting.

With Parallels’ award-winning virtualization technology, you can run Mac OS X and Windows at the same time.

You can even drag-and-drop files between desktops!”

What’s New?

  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 with the Boot Camp support - added
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP3 with the Boot Camp support - added
  • Kernel panic on Mac Book Air - fixed
  • Accidental Mac OS X high CPU usage and bad responsiveness (”IPI stat: rescheduled X CPUs out of Y” issue) - fixed
  • Kernel panic when switching on CPUs using CPUPalette - fixed
  • SmartSelect: ability to use user-defined Shared Folders instead of using All Mac disks or Home folder - added

Shared Folders improvement:

  • Improved transfer speed for SmartSelect
  • Inability to copy folders with a custom icon - fixed
  • Sharing support for removable drives - added
  • Accidental inability to mount Windows disk on the Mac desktop - fixed
  • Incorrect installation of MacFUSE - fixed

Requirements

Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later


Run Windows on Mac OS X with no reboot!

Parallels & OSx86

It works fine with OSx86, no matter if you use an Intel or AMD CPU.

To install Parallels Desktop on an AMD OSx86 Machine, however, one little string in a file has to be changed before the installation is possible.

Right Click the Installer PKG and choose “Show Package Contents” & open the Info.plist file and replace the string as the following picture describes.

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That’s it!

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