Parallels Workstation
Parallels Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization solution that provides the ability to develop, test, and deploy in multiple operating systems on a single PC. It supports nearly every standard x86-based operating system, including the entire Windows family, multiple Linux distributions, Solaris, OS/2, MS-DOS, and FreeBSD, each of which can be launched and utilized in completely networked, fully portable, totally independent virtual containers. Since guest operating systems are self-contained and directly access hardware profiles, users never need to partition hard drives, allocate system resources, or continually reboot the host operating system.
Recent releases
- 22 Nov 2006 08:30
Changes: Microsoft Vista is fully supported as a guest OS. Bugs were fixed.
- 01 Nov 2006 07:50
Changes: Hypervisor technology is used for stronger, more stable virtual machines. The program was optimized for hardware virtualization. It uses a sophisticated virtual machine engine that offers the broadest support of x86-based operating systems, including the entire Windows family (3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP and 2003), Linux distributions from popular distributors (like Red Hat, SuSE, Mandriva, Debian, and Fedora Core), FreeBSD, and "legacy" operating systems like OS/2, eComStation, and MS-DOS.
- 25 Sep 2006 23:44
Changes: The interface was redesigned, and is more user-friendly. Stronger support for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) and full support for AMD Secure Virtual Machine Technology (AMD SVM) was implemented. VT and SVM improve virtual machine speed, performance, stability, and isolation. Overall performance and stability were improved. Support for primary OSes running on machines with up to 32 CPUs was added. A shared folders feature allows you to share files and folders easily between operating systems.
- 30 Mar 2006 10:55
Changes: Activation from non-root was fixed. Intel VT-x mode initialization was fixed. USB scanner support was fixed. A few minor bugs were fixed.
- 23 Mar 2006 03:18
Changes: The following new features were introduced: improved virtual machine performance and stability, USB support, support for PAE-enabled primary OSes, support for guest SUSE 10 and Sun Solaris, an improved tools package, and improved look and feel.
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Recent commentsIt works great...
I have been a Win4Lin 5.0 user for over three years and have been looking for something to replace it.
I found it and it works great it is Parallels Workstation 2.0 for Windows or Linux.
I have it run on XP Pro, guest OS's so far are Windows ME for my palm development. And SLAX Live CD using an iso to boot it. All works as user manual states. Try it you will like it...