Parallels have announced Desktop 5 for Mac, the latest version of its virtualisation application.
The company claims Desktop 5 has more than 70 new features, including a new Crystal mode that removes all traces of the Windows environments from the host Mac. Also new is Mac Look, which takes Crystal mode further by altering the application windows in Windows applications to make them look like Mac applications, including the red, amber and green buttons.
'As the OS battles rage between Microsoft, Apple and Linux, we provide a completely customisable solution that enables people to use the applications they need with the fastest performance available, regardless of the operating system,' said Serguei Beloussow, chief executive of Parallels.
Parallels claims Desktop 5 for Mac is up to 300% faster than version 4, and its tests using the 3Dmark 2006 graghics test suite showed it to be seven times faster for graphics performance than version 4. The company also said research carried out by Crimson Consulting showed Desktop 5 to be '22% faster than the nearest Windows-onMac competitor in standard productivity testing of Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro'.
New features in Desktop 5 include support to trackpad gestures such as pinch, swipe and rotate, the optimisation of virtual machine size for best performance using Parallels compressor, and support for eight virtual CPUs with support for 64-bit Windows and 64-bit Snow Leopard Server.
Parallels desktop 5 include a one-year subscription of Parallels Internet Security 2009 by Kaspersky. An upgrade version is available for 19.99$.
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