RC3版が出ています。
「
Upgrade your XP virtual machine to Vista with RC3」The Official Parallels Virtualization Blog
「
Parallels Desktop for Mac Release Candidate 3 (Build 3170)」Parallels Inc.
The Official Parallels Virtualization Blogによれば、今回のアップデートは二つの重要な強化点を含むそうです。
- You can now seamlessly upgrade a Windows XP virtual machine to Windows Vista. This was a much-requested feature, and I'm really pleased to be able to include it. For more information on which versions of Vista you're able to use in a virtual machine, read my blog post on the subject.
このアップグレードにより、Windows XP VMをシームレスにWindows Vistaにアップグレード出来ます。これは非常に多くのリクエストのあった強化点であり、これを搭載出来たことは非常に喜ばしいことです。Windows VistaのどのバージョンがVMとして使用可能かについては、この件についてポストした以前のブログを参照して下さい。
- We've also added new options to drag-and-drop to make it even more secure. In RC3. When you drag-and-drop a file for the first time, you'll be prompted if you'd like to enable "local" or "global" file sharing. Here's the difference
また、よりセキュアにするために、ドラッグ-アンド-ドロップに新たなオプションをつけました。RC3では、最初にファイルをドラッグ-アンド-ドロップするときに「ローカル」か「グローバル」ファイル共有のどちらを可能にするかを聞かれます。これらの違いは以下の通り。- Global Sharing shares the your entire Mac file system. It is important to note that Global Sharing is DISABLED by default.
「グローバル共有」は、Macファイルシステム全体を共有します。重要なのは、デフォルトでは「グローバル共有」は「不可」になっています。
- Local Sharing shares only your Home folder
「ローカル共有」は、ホームフォルダ内のみを共有します。
「このカスタマイズにより、Mac上のWindowsをより希望通りに使用することが可能になるでしょう」とのことです。
ちなみに今回のRC3もUK英語、ドイツ語、フランス語、イタリア語、スペイン語、チェコ語、ポーランド語、日本語版のActivation keyが効かないそうです。もしこれらローカル版でこのRCを使用してみたい場合には、30日間トライアル版のActivation keyを取得して欲しいとのことです。トライアル版Activation keyの取得は
こちら。
ということで、New featuresは以下の通り。
- New! Windows XP to Windows Vista upgrade support
- New! USB 2.0 support - "Plug and play" popular USB devices like external hard drives, printers, scanners and web cameras including iSight at full native speed.
- New! Full-feature virtual CD/DVD drive - Burn CDs and DVDs directly in virtual machines, and play any copy-protected CD or DVD just like you would on a real PC
- New! Coherence - The groundbreaking feature that lets you run Windows applications without seeing Windows just got better! Learn more about Coherence >>
- New! Better Boot Camp support - Using your Boot Camp partition in Parallels Desktop is now easier than ever. RC3’s Boot Camp support includes:
- Full support for FAT32 and NTFS partitions
- Easy offline configuration. Simply tell Parallels Desktop that you want to create a virtual machine from a Boot Camp Partition and click start. No complicated set up required!
- No need to re-activate Windows each time you switch between Boot Camp and Parallels. Activate Windows only once inside Parallels and work in both environments
- New! For advanced users: configurating the layout of Boot Camp partitions by manual editing of Virtual Machine's .pvs configuration file.
- IMPORTANT! It is not possible to suspend a Virtual Machine that is connected to Boot Camp as it could result in an unstable system.
- VERY IMPORTANT! Beta1 (build 3036) users must boot natively into Boot Camp and uninstall Parallels Tools for Boot Camp prior to running it in RC3 (build 3170).
- New! Transporter RC3 bundled - migrate your real Windows PC, or existing VMware or Virtual PC VMs to Parallels virtual machines! Learn more about Transporter RC3 >>
- IMPORTANT! Previous Beta users MUST upgrade their Transporter package on their Windows source machine before using Transporter in RC3. Failing to do so may result in a system crash and loss of data
- New! Added keyboard remapping configuration
- New Look and Feel - completely redesigned windows and easier to follow dialogues to make Desktop for Mac more user-friendly than ever
- New! True "Drag and Drop" functionality - a long awaited feature that lets you seamlessly drag and drop files and folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa. Parallels Desktop now shares the entire Mac file structure between OS X and Windows - no more worrying about which copy of the file is the most recently updated!
- New! Global sharing is disabled by default. The enabling promt pops up on first "Drag and Drop" attempt.
- Read/Write Boot Camp partition - use your Apple Boot Camp Partition as a virtual HDD for Parallels Desktop for Mac
- Virtual Machine Catalogue - now all of your virtual machines are available through a centralized VM catalogue which appears on each Parallels Desktop for Mac instance
- One-click Virtual Machine Aliases - automatically create a desktop shortcut for your virtual machine with the OS Installation Assistant, by dragging-and-dropping from title bar, or by pressing Command-Option keys combination. Clicking on Alias automatically starts the Virtual Machine
- Resizable Main Window - resize the Parallels Desktop for Mac main window as you do with any other Mac application
- Auto-Adjusting Screen Resolution - Windows auto-adjusts its screen resolution to the actual main window size
- Improved graphic performance - up to 50% faster!
- Connect/disconnect USB devices schema improved - no more annoying “wait 5-10 seconds” message on USB device connecting to Parallels Desktop for Mac!
- Up to 5 Virtual NICs - now each Virtual Machine can have up to five virtual network interfaces
- Enhanced Shared Networking Mode - run Cisco VPN and many other complex networking applications in conjunction with Connection Sharing Mode
- New! Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" ready
- New! Several USB support fixes
ダウンロードは
こちらから。あくまでもRC版ですので、くれぐれもご利用は自己責任でお願いします。
・「
Parallels Desktop 2.5 Build 3170.0」Version Tracker
・「
Intel Mac用仮想化ソフトのリリース候補最新版が公開 -Vista対応強化」MYCOMジャーナル
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Apple Boot Campが1.3βにバージョンアップしています。
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