And the question nobody seems to be able to answer... #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 12:16 GMT
What versions of DirectX and OpenGL is it supporting? The DX8/OGL1.1 other software supports isn't much good for modern games.... (you can still run HL2 of course, but it's a far cry from a DX9c implementation...)
just download the new version and intall it, should work with your existing key
if the pc version is anywhere near as good as the mac version then vmware should be very very scared!!! vmware fusion i know is still beta but parallels has come from pretty much nowhere and taking the mac world by storm.
god bless parallels give vmware a run for its money on the pc dont let them rest on their laurels
run a Mac in a VM on another machine - well not legally anyway !
There is a project somewhere that claims to have the Mac OS running on generic hardware. It required some fiddling to defeat the kernel code that checks for genuine Apple hardware I believe. Even if it works, it is expressely forbidden by the software licence.
Apple 13.3" MacBook Pro Notebook (2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile, 2GB DDR3, 160GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, 13.3" LCD)
Apple MacBook Notebook (2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile, 2GB DDR3, 250GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, 13.3" LCD)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 1TB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 27" LCD)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 500GB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 21.5" LCD)
Apple 13.3" MacBook Air Notebook (1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile, 2GB DDR3, 120GB HDD, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, 13.3" LCD)
Parallels enhances Windows-on-Mac tool
Robert Ramsay
Classic #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 11:23 GMT
amusing to see that they chose World of Warcraft for the screenshot - one of the PC games which actually comes in a native Mac version!
Alan Edwards
MacOS in a VM? #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 12:16 GMT
Is there any way of getting MacOS to run in a virtual machine on a Mac?
Parallels can't, neither can VMWare Fusion.
Chris Kimpton
Doh! #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 12:16 GMT
Guess who bought the old version on Wednesday and they released this on Thursday - doh!
Andrew Crystall
And the question nobody seems to be able to answer... #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 12:16 GMT
What versions of DirectX and OpenGL is it supporting? The DX8/OGL1.1 other software supports isn't much good for modern games.... (you can still run HL2 of course, but it's a far cry from a DX9c implementation...)
Nick Galloway
Vice versa #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 15:26 GMT
When will they allow the operation of a Mac VM on a windows box???
Andy
fao chris kimpton #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 15:26 GMT
just download the new version and intall it, should work with your existing key
if the pc version is anywhere near as good as the mac version then vmware should be very very scared!!! vmware fusion i know is still beta but parallels has come from pretty much nowhere and taking the mac world by storm.
god bless parallels give vmware a run for its money on the pc dont let them rest on their laurels
Tony Smith, Editor, Reg Hardware
Re. the question nobody seems able to answer... #
Posted Friday 8th June 2007 15:26 GMT
Andrew:
Parallels Desktop 3.0 supports OpenGL 1.5 and DirectX 9, Parallels says.
SImon Hobson
No you can't ... #
Posted Saturday 9th June 2007 00:34 GMT
run a Mac in a VM on another machine - well not legally anyway !
There is a project somewhere that claims to have the Mac OS running on generic hardware. It required some fiddling to defeat the kernel code that checks for genuine Apple hardware I believe. Even if it works, it is expressely forbidden by the software licence.