Just read an article on linked from DIGG http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/6/28/4466 "...While it's always been well-known ever since Boot Camp was originally announced that Apple had plans to incorporate such technology into the next major release of OS X, Leopard, this new heavy pimping of Parallels is taking some of us by surprise. At the very least, the strong relationship seems to indicate some sort of partnership between the two companies, even if the partnership is only for mutual publicity, but it could possibly mean much more. It seems like Apple is pushing Parallels very heavily lately, even over Boot Camp, which makes some Mac fans wonder whether Apple may have a Parallels-like solution up their sleeves coming up soon. Some of our Ars staff, however, believes that to be untrue, as Apple doesn't often like to pimp non-Apple products (particularly software) unless Apple has no plans for duplicating their efforts. While many have wished for Apple to create their own virtualization software for Windows, perhaps Apple believes that Parallels has already done a bang-up job and thinks that the two companies can help each other out. Do our readers have any thoughts as to whether Apple's infatuation with Parallels indicates partnership, or secret sabotage? " If so, will this affect any licensing issues for registered users? If they do buy you guys out, congrats! Its a great product.
I bought a Mac Mini and a MacBook Pro only because of Parallels. Apple by itself even with Boot Camp was not enough for me to part with well over $3k for hardware I really didn't need. I also bought two Parallels licenses, of course. So yep - there's working synergy here. dp
