Parallels Desktop 3.0: full integration with Windows

17th June 2007

Parallels Company has released an update of an application Parallels Desktop, which allows users of Mac based on Intel processors to use Mac OS X along with Windows, Linux and other systems. Parallels Desktop 3.0 offers the following new features:
Opening of Windows files through Mac programs and accordingly Mac files by Windows means using Parallels SmartSelect tool;
Navigation on Windows folders and access to files through Parallels Explorer without having to start Windows;
Support of 3D-graphics, which allows you to run games on Mac, which previously were available only to PC owners;
The use of Parallels Snapshots tool for protecting Windows.
To the disappointment of current users of Parallels Desktop, for update they`ll have to pay $ 49.99, though the February update was supplied for free. The full price is $ 79.99. In the near future Parallels will have to face with a new competitor. Today a demo version of Fusion application should appear developed by VMWare Company. The release of the final version is scheduled for the late summer.