If you have an account, select I have a password and enter your account credentials. If you don't have a Parallels account, select the option I am a new user and click Create Account, then follow the onscreen instructions. The Parallels account allows you to store your license keys in one place, contact the Parallels support team, get information about critical updates, manage your subscriptions, and more. Parallels Desktop 6 Switch to Mac Edition costs $99.99, and upgrades for existing Parallels customers are $49.99.Once you start a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop for Mac for the first time, it will prompt you to create or sign in to a Parallels account. Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac costs $79.99, and Student Edition is $39.99. This new version will be available on September 14 both as a download from and as a boxed product at Apple stores, Fry's, Microcenter, and others. USB devices and printers, traditionally a weak point with Parallels, can be assigned to always be recognized by a particular virtual machine or to the desktop OS.Īdditional features include built-in antivirus and virtual machine encryption for improved security, and improved 3D graphics support and 5.1 surround sound support for improved gaming, one of the most common uses of Parallels, indeed. Likewise, browser settings and bookmarks are shared between Windows and OS X. That is to say, content saved under the Mac "username" directory (My Documents, My Music, etc.) are automatically funneled into their respective positions in Windows. Parallels Desktop 6 also establishes a sort of machine-agnostic user identity. Also, for Mac users unfamiliar with Windows controls, Mac command key shortcuts are now recognized in Windows when running in Parallels 6.
Parallels has referred to these as "window mode" and "coherence mode." These options are now presented in a simpler fashion. For example, virtual machines can run in their own dedicated window that looks like the OS' desktop, or they can run as a shell for individual pieces of software. Users can choose how they integrate their virtual machines into their desktop with a new virtual machine assistant. Setting up virtual machines has also gotten much simpler in this version. Parallels Desktop 6 uses a 64-bit engine, which the company claims helps it run 41% faster than the last version, and helps Windows start twice as fast as it does in rival VMware's Fusion 3.1 virtualization suite.
This new version of Parallels Desktop promises to be faster, more tightly woven into OS X, and more powerful, with a total of 80 new or improved features.
Parallels, makers of one of the most popular pieces of virtualization software for Mac OS X machines, has announced that the retail launch of Parallels Desktop 6 will be on September 14.
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