Comments for Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac at http://www.nzmac.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.nzmac.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:57:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.nzmac.com/reviews/utilities/parallels-desktop-3.0-for-mac.html#comment-180 The third mode is actually called Coherence and there is also a setting so that you don't see the Taskbar either. With this setting clicking the Parallels icon in the Dock actually brings up the Start menu. - lowededwookie Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:58:14 +0100 http://www.nzmac.com/reviews/utilities/parallels-desktop-3.0-for-mac.html#comment-178 What wasn't reviewed here was the actual user experience as far as the level of intergration. I didn't have high hopes but was staggered at how well this system actually works. You can run it in three modes; 1. Full screen 2. Windows (XP, Vista etc) in a window 3. Convergence mode Mode three blew me away, I had a Mac task bar up the left hand side of the screen, Vista taskbar on the bottom and I could have multiple program windows open on my desktop from both with no idea which operating system they were from at a casual glance. If I went into a folder and clicked on a photoshop file it opened photoshop for windows (which I already owned from PC days) then double click on a jpg and a mac app opened. Copying and pasting between open programs on either operating system worked as expected, no surprises. I'l hate to think what microsoft would do if they had to may a parallels to run a Mac on a PC. All in all I really loved parallels it just works! - climber Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:35:54 +0100 http://www.nzmac.com/reviews/utilities/parallels-desktop-3.0-for-mac.html#comment-177 Just a comment on the games side of things. I'm running the original Command and Conquer on my Intel Mac Mini and it runs great. I can't however run C&C Generals or Medal of Honour. Not that Parallels won't run it but because the Mac Mini uses the Intel graphics chipset instead of ATI or NVidia and considering games developers are being paid huge amount of money by ATI and NVidia I don't see games changing too soon. However, if you are running an iMac or MacBook Pro then you can definately play all the later games. There are some lag issues but that's possibly due to not running on a BootCamp partition, unfortunately I have no way of testing this. The reason that Parallels can now play these games is due directly to its hardware support for 3D games whereas traditionally the graphics were done through software which made this impossible. There is a setup under the graphics options that allows you to turn on DirectX support but it doesn't yet support DirectX 10, not that that really matters anyway. - lowededwookie Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:09:36 +0100 http://www.nzmac.com/reviews/utilities/parallels-desktop-3.0-for-mac.html#comment-176 nice desktop. - wmd Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:51:50 +0100