Brief Hands-On Report--Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 Beta Build 5540 for Leopard

Parallels released Build 5540 of Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0, a beta version with Leopard compatibility. The update is available for download via MacUpdate.com or from this Parallels Web page.

We were unable to launch Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 Build 5160 so we downloaded the beta Build 5540, uninstalled Build 5160 and installed Build 5540. Then we launched our two virtual machines, Windows XP and Windows Vista Ultimate, updated the Parallels Tools for each and updated each operating system. The first time we launched Windows XP we got a kernel panic in Leopard and had to reboot. However, all subsequent launches occurred without incident. We encountered no other issues while updating and using both operating systems. [Bill Fox]