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The battle for Mac hearts and minds is taking an unusual twist, with Windows emerging as the new field of warfare.
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Two major players in the virtualization space have made significant announcements in recent hours.
VMWare will ship its virtualization software for Macs, VMWare Fusion next week, while the Parallels team has released a new free beta of its Parallels Desktop software for Mac.
VMWare Fusion ships next week
VMWare Fusion (available 6 August) enables Mac users to run Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris and 57 other operating systems side-by-side on an Intel Mac. The software runs both 32- and 64-bit systems, can fully exploit dual processors and supports many USB 2.0 devices.
The software also supports DirectX for games and Boot Camp-based installations (Windows XP) on Intel Macs. It will cost US$80 when it ships, though is available at just $40 until 5 August. UK pricing hasn't yet been announced.
New Parallels revealed
Meanwhile, the Parallels team has confirmed the latest test version is available for free to anyone with a permanent or trial Parallels Desktop 3.0 registration.
Parallels Desktop (#39.99 at Amazon UK) lets Mac users run Microsoft Windows XP or Vista beside Mac OS X.
Parallels Toolbox for Mac and Windows. 30+ tools in a lightweight, powerful, all-in-one application for Mac ® and PC. Easy to use and economical—a whole suite of tools for a fraction of the cost of individual apps, packaged in one simple interface. Play your Windows-only game on a Mac using Parallels Desktop. Parallels Desktop even has a virtual machine setting dedicated to gaming to optimize performance. With ongoing support for DirectX and OpenGL, many popular games and game engines are supported within Parallels Desktop. Parallels for mac can i game. I have Parallels Desktop installed on my Mac. Is it possible to play videogames in my Windows virtual machine? With Parallels Desktop for Mac you can run games and applications that require DirectX or OpenGL support in your virtual machines. Parallels works fine for most DirectX 9 games, and some DirectX 10/11 games that don't require direct hardware support for DX11. There's a lot of performance overhead, though. For me, Saints Row 3 was just playable at 1440x900 on an rMPB with a Geforce 650M in DX9 mode. Apr 11, 2009 Best Answer: I wouldnt reccoment playing games through Parallels, 2 operating systems are running you see and the one your running the game though is virtual, They would be almost unplayable Just run through Boot Camp for the best results Edit: If you really must run Win games from within Mac OS try.
The new version supports Microsoft application windows inside Expose, so Windows application windows look like Mac apps when seen in Expose view.
Parallels for mac review. The free Explorer utility in this version lets Mac users browse and work with the hard drive of virtual machines (such as the Windows system on a Mac) even when the virtual machine is off.
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In an interesting twist, the new release also lets iPhone users sync their device in the Windows environment on a Mac.
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This story, 'Virtualization Wars: Windows on a Mac' was originally published by Macworld.
