Brief Hands-On Report--Parallels released Desktop for Mac 2.5 Beta 3 (Build 3106)
The list of features/fixes appears to be the same as for Builds 3036 and 3094. As main new features, the version 2.5 betas have USB 2.0 support, CD/DVD burning, coherence mode, Boot Camp support, true drag and drop between Windows and Mac OS X and a new interface.
We downloaded a copy of v2.5 Beta 3 (Build 3106). This time we ran the Uninstaller to remove Beta 2 (Build 3094) and then ran the installer for Beta 3. The we successively launched Windows XP and Vista RC1 and installed the new version of Parallels Tools, clicking through a number of alert boxes regarding the drivers and restarted. We updated both OS's and installed iTunes and QuickTime on our Windows Vista virtual machine. We encountered no problems.
Unfortunately, our iPod attached to our MacBook Pro C2D is still not recognized in Widows XP or Vista, at least not automatically. But this build of Desktop for Mac fixes the video issue that we had with Build 3094, i.e. a full screen slide to the right when shutting down a virtual machine. [Bill Fox]
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