Parallels Desktop for Mac 6

September 10 was released Parallels Desktop for Mac 6, An event that we miss just could not.
What's new in "six"? Traditionally, improved performance, compatibility with existing applications, integration... Who can read the detailed list of changes.

Immediately disappoint gamers: despite constant improved performance of virtual machines comfortable to play more or less the modern game you succeed only in Boot Camp. For example, the demo SanctumThat advertises opportunities Unreal Engine in Parallels Desktop version like a slide show, albeit devoid of graphical artifacts. Less demanding on the hardware of the game still operational. The game seems to remain the only type of applications for which the modern virtualization technologies do not have time to keep up. In other cases, the difference in speed of the application running in Boot Camp and Parallels have long been insignificant. What the average user with the fact that after the Microsoft Office service began to work 20% faster? He previously worked flawlessly ...

Outwardly, the difference between the fifth and the sixth version of the application is noticeable immediately. Get at least the application icon, which now adorns all-aluminum iMac or a stylish translucent list of virtual machines.

In application settings you can finally understand without reading the instructions, and the total number of available options for change markedly reduced. Crystal mode, introduced in Parallels Desktop 5 and raises many questions has finally become part of the Coherence, and the total number of available modes was reduced to 4. We can not say that definitively rid of garbage, but the cleaning of the interface from the legacy of the past years clearly went for the benefit of the application. It seems that Parallels has finally abandoned the infinite capacity of new features, giving a major effort to ensure that the existing functionality has been easy to use. If the seventh version, developers will get rid of Modality, MacLook and extra toolbar in the virtual machine window, at the same time completing the activation of the human species remaining dialogues, Parallels Desktop will be quite possible to recommend even housewives.

Useful things: when you connect the USB drive application issues here is such a dialogue, politely wondering where it should be available to connected device.

One of the most notable and significant changes in Parallels Desktop 6 - availability of the mobile version, which allows access to virtual machines from your iPhone or iPad from anywhere in the world. So that long-cherished dream of geeks - a full-fledged Windows in the mobile phone can be considered a dream come. With the iPad also work with virtual machines becomes much more comfortable, good view presentations in Powerpoint can not even get up from the couch. Saying that Parallels Mobile works perfectly I would palter: minor defects there enough, although even now the app is quite workable.

What can I add? Parallels Desktop 6 - a worthy update the best applications to run Windows on a Mac. Of course, if you do still use Windows :)

By the way, WMware response to the release of the new "parallel" was software upgradeIn which you can change the license for Parallels Desktop Fusion for $ 10. Large covered seems to have been simply nothing.

P.S.: price of Parallels Desktop in Russia is 2550 rubles to upgrade from a previous version can be for 1590 rubles.