Virtualisation hot on the heels of BootCamp
No sooner have Apple got their new BootCamp dual-OS boot software out of the door, a couple of weeks after two developers provided the solution, they have been trumped again. This time by software developer Parallels with their new Workstation 2.1 Virtualisation software.
This is the solution all die hard Mac users have been waiting for. As I mentioned yesterday, Virtualisation technology allows a CPU to run two (or more) operating systems (or processes) simultaneously. What this means is, in Mac OS X you can run Windows, Linux, Solaris or any other OS in a window on your Mac OS X desktop. Even better is that there is almost no performance hit, Windows will run pretty much just as it would if you’d booted it normally.
This is the first commercial offering of Virtualisation software for Mac OS X. The Beta is a free download, although the full applicaiton will be $49, which is a reasonable price. Remember once again that you have to purchase a legal copy of your choosen additional OS.
But with this announcement, I would put my money on Apple releasing another Beta piece of software in response to this announcement. BootCamp was good for the 24-hours it lasted, but we want true OS integration please Apple.
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