Parallels 3.0 Announced, 3D Graphics Included

99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "For some time Mac users have been waiting to see who would bring 3D graphics to a Windows emulation/virtualization solution under OS X. It looks like Parallels is going to be the winner. They have announced an RC of Parallels 3.0, with the final to be available 'in a few weeks.' For anyone else tired of Bootcamp or rebooting to play a Windows game, it look like the solution is finally here; I'm not counting out VMWare entirely. Obviously it will depend on how soon they can catch up, but there is some serious first-mover advantage here for Parallels."

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Re:Parallels? *YAWN*

[ThePromenader]

I've been using mac whenever possible (always at home, sometimes at work) since 1986, and have a very definite reason for needing Parallels - I'm a web-designer who needs to make sure his work is displaying correctly in MS's buggy products. I can imagine there are other trades who need parallels too - gamers and developers, for example - and frankly I don't see how anyone could think that Parallels could exist were everyone disinterested. Not the most insightful of comments, sir.

To slightly change the topic: am I alone in being dismayed at Apple's BootCamp? Even in its first days, I stuck with oh-so-slow VirtualPC until Parallels became a finalised product. I really wonder why Apple thought it normal to oblige a reboot (meaining closing all your work and applications) when one "schwing" could do the trick.