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Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac

I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Parallels releases its Hypervisor -- on the Mac

Today, virtualization vendor Parallels released the first version of its Server hypervisor for x86 hardware. The surprising thing about it is that it chose to go to release with its Mac version first. Parallels first came to market with its desktop-based virtualization products...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hypervisor, Parallels Inc., Parallels Server, VM, Virtuozzo Container, Windows Version, Virtualization, Linux, Desktops, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Will virtualization be king at Macworld Expo?

SWsoft on Wed. introduced a beta version of Parallels Server that supports the running of multiple copies of Leopard Server on Mac Pros and Xserves as well as support for Intel's VT-d virtualization hooks in hardware. According to the company, the software will run Leopard Server in...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple Macintosh, Hypervisor, Operating System, Apple Inc., Parallels Server, Apple Mac OS X, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Additional Resources

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Windows XP Mode Q and A

7/Vista incompatible "Drivers" on XP modeMy otherwise perfectly working HP printer, Logitech webcam, and an analog microphone failed to work with Vista since the hardware vendors won't provide updated drivers while the older ones resulted in BSODs. Can these be made to work by installing the drivers into XP...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Macs and PCs found shacking up

A very interesting study. This confirms what we have known for a long time.Mac users are much cooler that PC users.Confirms Apple numbers continue to grow:PI can't argue with that...Pagan jimRE: Macs and PCs found shacking upIt's a widely accepted fact that Mac users are much cooler than PC users.Much...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows only user, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, gen, Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Review: Snow Leopard ramps up performance and business-readiness of Mac OS X

Graphic Artists on MacDo Graphic Artists really have a compelling reason to use Macs anymore? Adobe CS3 isn't supported on Snow Leopard. If you want to use 64bit versions of Adobe CS4, you have to use Windows. And even on the same hardware, programs like After Effects and Photoshop...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, ZBrush, performance, Upgrading Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, clean install, CS4, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It Virtually

RE: Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It VirtuallyI think there is a lack of understanding of Apple's goals here. Mac OS can run perfectly fine on commodity hardware from Dell, etc. they just purposely prevent it from doing so. (Check out all the "Hackintosh" OS X boot-loaders if...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Mac business, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-08-30

Mac OS Snow Leopard: Great news for Windows 7

I still say Mac is the best multi-boot PCIn my dream situation, I've got a home server created from a Mac Pro. The native Mac OS X would run, with Parallels running instances of Windows and Ubuntu and whatever else I need. I would stream all the media...

Tags: Desktops, Keyboards, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, GREAT NEWS, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Snow Leopard might crash your apps

This just has to be a Microsoft plot.LOL...LOL. :DRE: Snow Leopard might crash your appsNonsense, the latest mac hunter ad said we didn't have to worry about that and that a mac just works. Are you calling them liars?How did Apple phrase it in their commercials?That sure sounds like [i]a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Operating systems, OS X., Snow Leopard, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Coming in 2010: New Mac Office, and finally, Outlook

NG - New Graphics... LOLYes we have new icons and more memory hogging resources!Run out now and purchase, in reality Open Officedoes everything for no cost.;)I have yet to find the perfect email clientBut Outlook seems to handle large amounts of email better than most. People save email for years...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Outlook, e-mail, virus

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

JumpBox for the MoinMoin Wiki 1.1.10 (Windows)

MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible Wiki Engine with a large community of users. It's written in Python and has a clean easy to understand user interface. Since it's a Python program it's not one of the most popular wikis, but that's a shame as it has...

Tags: Server Software, Microsoft Windows, JumpBox, MoinMoin, Wiki, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Backups, Servers, Online Communications, Hardware, Storage

Software downloads 2009-06-24

JumpBox for the MoinMoin Wiki Software 1.1.10 (Mac)

MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible Wiki Engine with a large community of users. It's written in Python and has a clean easy to understand user interface. Since it's a Python program it's not one of the most popular wikis, but that's a shame as it has...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server Software, JumpBox, MoinMoin, Wiki, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Backups, Servers, Online Communications, Hardware, Storage

Software downloads 2009-06-17

Virtualization is not virtual machine software

Virtualization is something that has been around for quite a long time. It has been a staple of the mainframe world for well over 30 years. It has been part of the midrange systems world for over 20 years. It has been emerging in the world of industry standard systems...

Tags: Software, Environment, Server, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Gauging the virtualization suites: A close race

Gauging the virtualization suites: A close raceWhy is Parallels Containers missing in the line up ...Stuff that in your pipe and smoke it ...Comparison UnhelpfulThe original article has a some useful information but the performance comparison does not seem particularly helpful, as it appears to be comparing performance on quite...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Performance management, Utility computing, Operating systems, virtualization suite, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Parallels Workstation Extreme

Parallels Workstation ExtremeMixing metaphorsI worked for many years as a CAD/CAM sysadmin. The only reason that my users had more than one computer on their desk was because the CAD/CAM workstation was a UNIX box, and they were required to used Windoze for their OA stuff - thus a second...

Tags: Workstations, Operating systems, Linux, Servers, CAD/CAM, Unix workstation, workstation, Unix, Sun Solaris, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

Who buys a Mac mini?

Who buys a Mac mini?some good sense in your article, alsoThe new Mac minis are also good for graphics people as they now have a reasonable graphics chip.Many graphics people, photo editors etc. are fussy with their monitors and would like to use their monitor of choice (some graphics people...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Start your company with a credit card and a cloud

Despite the bad economy there's never been a better time to start a company. Why? Because you don't have to buy a single server or application. Whip out your credit card, load and go - on a cloud-powered data center. But this isn't just for startups: any...

Tags: Software, Credit Card, App, Cloud Support Option, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Management, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-03-03

$800 Mac Mini? I'm all set, Apple

$800 Mac Mini? I'm all set, AppleBusiness strategyApple's business strategy is completely different from other computer makers. As opposed to the Dell's and Lenovo's of the world they refuse to sell commodity products. What does that means? It means that they have found a niche in market who see value...

Tags: Desktops, business result, Mini, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...

Tags: Google Gmail, Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Blog posts 2009-02-25