官方說明文件中的主要變更
This beta version of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac includes the following new features and enhancements.
Virtual devices improvements:
Improved sound — Better quality of sound in virtual machines.
DNS support for Shared networking.
Graphics improvements:
Windows Vista/Windows 7 AERO (WDDM DX9) — Support for Windows Aero in Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual machines.
Integration improvements:
Automatical compacting — Automatically reduce the virtual hard disk size as the unused space on it grows.
Lockdown — Lock the virtual machine settings to prevent changes.
Drag & Drop in Virtual Machines list — Add an existing virtual machine by dragging its file to the virtual machines list.
New User Inte***ce
Improved Virtual Machine configuration editor — Better organized virtual machine settings.
Simplified Parallels Desktop menu structure — More intuitive menus.
Coloringvirtual machines — Highlight your virtual machines in the virtualmachine list and in Finder by setting different colors for them.
安裝檔約200MB
測試環境
機型名稱: MacBook Pro
機型識別碼: MacBookPro5,1
處理器名稱: Intel Core 2 Duo
處理器速度: 2.8 GHz
處理器數量: 1
總核心數量: 2
L2 快取記憶體: 6 MB
記憶體: 4 GB
匯流排速度: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM 版本: MBP51.0074.B01
SMC 版本(系統): 1.33f8
系統為 OSX 10.6 10A432
VM配置
CPU X2
RAM 1280M
VRAM 128M
測試系統 Windows 7 RC 32bit
1.程式安裝畫面

2.程式安裝畫面

3.VM Configuration

4.VM Configuration

5.VM Configuration

6.VM Window

7. VM 中的Windows 7的畫面

8. VM中的windows 7效能評分(cool!)

完整支援3D讓VM的Windows 7效能甚至比一些PC還高
真是值得期待
有空我再測測64bit 的windows7 RTM
問題點:
1.切換在Full Screen時,螢幕會有閃爍的現像,希望正式版修正完畢
2.個人覺的將Windows/Full Screen/Conerence等切歡作到視窗的下方,反而沒有4.0的操作來的方便