San Francisco — Parallels Desktop, the extremely popular Windows virtualization program for Mac OS X, will receive a significant update within the next few weeks according to company product manager Benjamin Rudolph.

The free update will include full USB and iSight camera support as well as improved 3D graphics and multicore processor support.
With Mac OS X 10.5 on the horizon, the design team has found that its current builds function well with betas of the upcoming Apple operating system, albeit there are no plans to specifically wrap Parallels around Mac OS X 10.5-specific technologies such as Spaces or Time Machine.
Although Parallels has been on a run as of late, being cited as a solid, reliable product, concerns have arisen with regard to Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, which will be released at the end of the month. Current Microsoft licensing forbids the use of the home editions of the operating system under virtualization environments such as the one Parallels provides, a move that pushes the user to look towards variants of the operating system within the $400 range as opposed to one within a $100 range.
Parallels has yet to test the home editions of Vista on its current builds and was unable to provide further comments as to whether it was possible to run the operating system, despite possible licensing violations.
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San Francisco — Parallels Desktop, the extremely popular Windows virtualization program for Mac OS X, will receive a significant update within the next few weeks according to company product manager Benjamin Rudolph.

The free update will include full USB and iSight camera support as well as improved 3D graphics and multicore processor support.
With Mac OS X 10.5 on the horizon, the design team has found that its current builds function well with betas of the upcoming Apple operating system, albeit there are no plans to specifically wrap Parallels around Mac OS X 10.5-specific technologies such as Spaces or Time Machine.
Although Parallels has been on a run as of late, being cited as a solid, reliable product, concerns have arisen with regard to Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, which will be released at the end of the month. Current Microsoft licensing forbids the use of the home editions of the operating system under virtualization environments such as the one Parallels provides, a move that pushes the user to look towards variants of the operating system within the $400 range as opposed to one within a $100 range.
Parallels has yet to test the home editions of Vista on its current builds and was unable to provide further comments as to whether it was possible to run the operating system, despite possible licensing violations.
If you have any comments or feedback on this, please let us know.