Parallels rides Apple servers into hypervisor fray
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Virtualization company hopes to bring on its Apple Mac virtualization expertise software from the desktop to the server market. But do we need another hypervisor?
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Mac and Windows machines can coexist nicely -- when it comes to systems management tasks, anyway. Ryan Faas gives his take each tool's strengths and weaknesses.
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While AWC IT staffers rewrite the company's main VIPS software application in Java, Parallels Desktop will enable AWC to boot Apple's OS X operating system on Intel Macs and run Windows apps like they were native to the Mac.
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(InfoWorld) - VMware Inc. is pricing its upcoming new software to run Windows on a Mac similar to rival Parallels Inc.'s software announced last week. VMware said that its Fusion software for Macintosh computers can be pre-ordered beginning Tuesday for US$39.99, and $79.99 when it becomes generally available near the end of August. Parallels Inc. priced its Parallels Desktop version 3.0 at $79.99 whenÂ it became generally available Thursday, and $39.99 for users upgrading from a previous version of Parallels. Both make it possible for Mac users to run the Windows OS from Microsoft Corp. alongside the Apple Inc. Mac OS X operating system. It is for people who use a Mac but also want to use software applications written only for Windows. VMware released Fusion Beta 4 for Macs on Thursday. Besides running Windows OSes, Fusion also runs Linux and Solaris-based applications without having to reboot the computer to switch from the Mac OS to another OS. VMware says one key feature of Fusion, called Unity, allows for seamless transition from Mac to Windows applications. Icons for Windows applications will be displayed along with those of Mac applications in the dock at the bottom of the computer screen. "Unity makes Windows apps work just like Mac apps," said Patrick Lee, senior product manager for VMware. "The VMware Fusion Launcher allows you to search for and find Windows apps easily from your Mac without having to do anything extra. You don't need to use the [Windows] start menu. The start menu goes away." VMware and Parallels will work in the coming Mac OS X version 10.5, code-named Leopard, due in October. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, inÂ a keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2007 Monday in San Francisco, said that Leopard will include Apple's Boot Camp as a standard feature. Boot Camp also enables a Mac computer to run Windows. Jobs said Boot Camp is "complementary" to Parallels or VMware. Someone could use either Boot Camp or the Parallels/VMware approach, or both, to give them different options for running Windows applications on a Mac, said Gordon Haff, principal IT advisor at research firm Illuminata Inc. "With Boot Camp, you would boot up into Windows running natively or you would boot up into OS X running natively. With VMware Fusion or Parallels, you'll boot up into Mac OS X and then will have a hosted Windows virtual machine running on top of OS X," Haff said. "There is no love lost," he said, between rivals VMware, a subsidiary of EMC Corp., and Parallels, which is owned by SWSoft Inc. While each touts features that distinguish it from the other, he believes their features are largely comparable. It became easier for Macs to run the Windows OS once Apple converted its computer line over to using chips from Intel Corp. in 2006.
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Parallels Desktop now comes with USB 2.0 support and the ability to run Windows applications natively on the Mac operating system.
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Attempting to move in on Parallels' turf, VMware on Tuesday announced the pre-order for a previously announced product that allows users to run any x86 operating system simultaneously.
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3D graphics a-go-go Parallels has released an major update to its Parallels Desktop 3.0 Windows-on-Mac application, a year on from the software's original release. The new version promises better integration between Windows and Mac apps.â¦
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Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 includes higher-end features for server availability and backup. Also, SWsoft completes its name change to Parallels.
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With new rankings due soon, SGI, IBM and others jostle for bragging rights. Also: Speedy Mac system gets speedier.
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Bad traveling companion Hyper-V is Microsoft's whizzy new virtual server manager, which uses new virtualization features in recent Intel and AMD processors so support more efficient virtual machines. Intel's extensions are called Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel-VT), formerly code-named Vanderpool, while AMD's extensions are called AMD Virtualization (AMD-V), formerly code-named Pacifica. Here's what Intel says:â¦
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Both VMWare and Parallels update their virtualization software.
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Parallels shipped a major update to its virtualization software for Macintoshes using the Intel platform. Although the upgrade would be provided at no cost to current users, those wishing to purchase the software will need to pay $79.99.
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InfoWorld - SWsoft, the company behind the&#160;Parallels Desktop virtualization software for Macintosh, expects to release a beta version of a server edition of the software in the next four to six weeks. It is also working on new management tools for the datacenter that will control other vendors&#39; virtualization products.
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InfoWorld - SWsoft, the company behind the&#160;Parallels Desktop&#160;virtualization software for Macintosh, expects to release a beta version of a server edition of the software in the next four to six weeks. It is also working on new management tools for the datacenter that will control other vendors&#39; virtualization products.
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Capacity planners, performance gurus, and Computer Measurement Group members, your day may dawn once again as server virtualization turns the practice of throwing hardware at problems into a counterproductive task.
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While Mac users get busy running Windows virtually, what's Apple got cooking? In Monkey Bites.
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Parallels has the edge, our reviewer says, and it's for other reasons than because VMware's Fusion is still in beta.