Parallels Workstation beta 4 raises the bar, offers improvements

Parallels has released a 4th Beta of their much-hyped Workstation software for Intel-based Macs that allows OS virtualization (not just Windows) within Mac OS X. Improvements and fixes in this new beta include:

• Introduced full screen mode

• Introduced dual-monitor support

• Improved real CD/DVD support

• Improved, easier to use interface

• Better sound support, including a fix for Windows 2000 guest OS

• Networking kernel panics resolved

• Bridged networking issues fixed

• WiFi networking issues fixed

• Fixed some of the issues encountered when entering "Sleep" mode when a VM is running

• Many other minor bug fixes

Don't forget: in addition to running Windows XP within Mac OS X, one of the largest appeals of Parallels Workstation is that you can run a whole slew of other OSs from Windows 3.1 - 2003, any Linux distro, FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2 and MS-DOS - all running inside a full-featured, secure environment within Mac OS X.