Just got back having found it unexpectedly at the Apple Store in San Francisco! It was nice that they actually included a manual in the box and not just a PDF. Parallels is great!
selling retail FYI The Apple Store, CompUSA, Staples, Office Depot, Fry's Electronics and Amazon.com have all lined to up to offer Parallels Desktop for Mac over the next 30 days, Parallels is expected to announce Tuesday. Owners of Macs with Intel's processors can use the software to run Windows XP in a virtual machine alongside the Mac OS, and move data back and forth between Windows and Mac applications. In other news: Keeping kids safe on social sites Fresh fields for open source Images: First room launched for space hotel News.com Extra: The Internet TV pipe dream Video: Navigating the world with Google Maps Apple offers similar software in a beta program known as Boot Camp. Boot Camp allows users to run Windows XP on a Mac, but to switch over to Windows, the user has to shut down first and reboot in Windows. Parallels' software can switch between the Mac and Windows operating environments without having to reboot the system. The next version of the Mac OS will include the Boot Camp software, but it's not clear whether Mac OS X 10.5 will support virtualization software like Parallels. Apple has not confirmed any plans, but bloggers and Apple enthusiasts have speculated about the possibility. Parallels Desktop for Mac costs $79.95. It will still be available on Parallels' Web site as retailers start to make the software available over the next month
