Parallels announced today that it has launched it’s latest version of its popular virtualization software called Parallels Desktop 5. With Parallels 5, MAC users have the opportunity of loading and accessing a variety of operating systems from their MAC desktop. You can load pretty much any OS that catches your fancy including the various flavors of Windows and Linux.
Parallels 5 comes with 70 new features, including Windows 7 support and is said to offer faster graphical rendering and 3D performance when compared with past versions. According to company literature, the performance improvements are significant, with version 5 offering up to 300% faster VM operations and 7 times faster 3D rendering.
Version 5 of this virtual software will be available as either a full version which will retail for $80 or as an upgrade package for $50.
