Testseek.com have collected 15 expert reviews of the Parallels Desktop 4.0 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Parallels Desktop 4.0.
February 2009
(83%)
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The editors liked
4-way SMP manages to accomplish 4-core support for Windows XP/Vista
Modality and Taskbar menu integration are nice touches
Solid command line tools
Can run Windows
Linux
And OS X Server as virtual machines on a Mac
Supports up to eight CPUs
Supports 32bit or 64bit guest OSes
Supports accelerated 3D graphics (DirectX 9
DirectX Pixel Shader 2
And OpenGL 2)
Can create automatic snapshots (backup...
The editors didn't like
Buggy
IPhone application is near useless
Documentation is incomplete
Did I mention its buggy?
Guest OSes must be updated to new format
Update process is long and can produce errors
Graphics performance is still no match for native Windows graphics capabilities
Abstract: Virtualisation: its benefits are well worn and oft-repeated, as it enables you to run several operating systems side by side and switch between them at will. Parallels, one of two commercial virtualisation products for the Mac, is a software-based PC r...
Abstract: I sin fjärde version har Parallels Desktop vuxit till sig. Parallels Desktop var det första som kunde köra operativsystem sida vid sida under Mac OS X och på sätt och vis kan vi användare vara glada över att VmWare kom in i matchen och erbjöd lite ko...
