我们并不经常声称我们喜欢这些部件的商业软件，但Parallels Desktop for Mac（在虚拟机中在Mactel上运行Windows XP和Vista的应用程序）刚刚发布了3.0版，尽管价格昂贵，我们还是对新功能集垂涎三尺。《****》大卫·波格（David Pogue）分析了好东西：

• You can drag and drop files from the Windows desktop to the Mac desktop, or vice versa. You can also right-click a document in either universe (a Word file, JPEG, PDF or whatever); the Open With pop-up menu, which lists programs that can open it, now lists both Mac and Windows programs. So if you're working on the Mac, you can right-click a Word document and have it open in Word for Windows.
• A Mac program called Parallels Explorer lets you manipulate the contents of your virtual Windows "hard drive" even when Parallels isn't running.
• If you sometimes use Apple's Boot Camp program, Parallels can use the same copy of Windows, so you don't have to install Windows twice. In 3.0, this great, space-saving feature also applies to installed copies of Windows Vista, not just XP.

• You can now set up shared folders in either direction. That is, you can plunk the icon of a Macintosh-world folder right there in your Windows world, for easy opening, or vice-versa.
• Shared Networking. I love this one a lot. In Parallels 3.0, Windows "hides" behind the Mac's networking; it's completely invisible to hacks, pings and bots on the Internet looking to infect you. Your "Windows PC" is therefore much less likely to wind up becoming a "zombie" or "bot" that does the bidding of spammers behind your back.
• 3-D graphics. This is a huge one for gamers. People used to say that Parallels was great — but that it couldn't handle the 3-D games. The new version, however, works with both DirectX and OpenGL 3D, underlying technologies that drive games like World of Warcraft, Half-Life 2, and Unreal Tournament. All of these are now playable on the Mac running Windows. (I haven't tested them, though.)
• Transporter. This utility can bring over your entire world — programs, documents, settings, and all — from a real Windows PC, or from an old Mac running Microsoft Virtual PC, either over the network or using a FireWire cable.
• USB 2. Parallels 3.0 does much better with high-speed connecti*** to printers, scanners, flash drives, external hard drives, BlackBerrys and other **artphones — and headsets.

听起来不错吧？升级将花费现有Parallels用户40美元；新的许可证是80美元。请参阅有关将Windows和Mac OS X与Parallels Desktop for Mac并排运行的详细信息。

打破Mac OS X和Windows之间的隔阂[Pogue的帖子]