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<title>Parallels: don't upgrade virtual machines to Windows 8</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/24/clean.installs.of.the.new.microsoft.os.should.work.fine/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351134499_parallels-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Virtualization solutions provider Parallels has issued a "critical and urgent Windows 8 service advisory" recommending that users not perform an upgrade to Windows 8 form an existing Windows install. Potential side effects of a botched upgrade include damage to the virtual machine and data loss....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/24/clean.installs.of.the.new.microsoft.os.should.work.fine/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Crossover broken by latest Apple OS updates, patch ready [U]</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/21/new.graphics.routines.to.blame.solution.for.problem.announced/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348180166_crossovergames-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[[Updated with discussion of problem and Codeweavers update information] According to an announcement post on the Codeweavers support forum, virtualization application Crossover fails to operate under recently-released OS X versions 10.8.2 and 10.7.5. Crossover reports that the bug "prevents CrossOver from operating any application that uses 3D functions" and that it is "working with Apple on this ...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/21/new.graphics.routines.to.blame.solution.for.problem.announced/</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Review: VMware Fusion 5</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/20/fusion.takes.on.windows.8.mountain.lion/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348147336_fusion5-review-sml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[VMware has quickly updated its popular Fusion virtualization software to support OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and Microsoft's Windows 8 preview. Fusion 5 aims to merge the best features of both platforms, while continuing to improve performance over its predecessor. In our full review, we take a closer look at the new features and compare Fusion's performance with rival Parallels 8....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/20/fusion.takes.on.windows.8.mountain.lion/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Review: Parallels Desktop 8 virtualization for Mac</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/08/best.of.mountain.lion.windows.8/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1347090799_Parallels-8-review-sml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Parallels has quickly updated its popular Desktop virtualization software for Mac, bringing support for the latest software and hardware: OS X Mountain Lion, Windows 8 and Retina display-equipped MacBook Pros. In our full review, we take a closer look at Parallels' latest attempt to provide a common experience across the competing platforms....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/08/best.of.mountain.lion.windows.8/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parallels, VMWare Fusion both announce next versions</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/23/fusion.5.available.now.parallels.8.coming.september/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1345728920_Parallels-VMWare-newversion-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As might be expected from such close competitors, yesterday saw announcements from both VMWare and Parallels regarding their respective virtualization software products that allow Mac users to run Windows simultaneously on their Macs. VMWare Fusion 5 is a major release with 70 new features that is available now, while Parallels 8 will be coming in early September....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/23/fusion.5.available.now.parallels.8.coming.september/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former Apple VP Bertrand Serlet joins Parallels board</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/17/parc.next.veteran.helped.create.os.x/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1207/Apple-BertrandSerlet-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's former Senior VP of Mac OS Software Bertrand Serlet has joined the board of directors at Parallels, the virtualization software company in a non-executive role. Serlet, who did stints involving both science and programming at Xerox PARC as well as Steve Jobs' former company NeXT, left Apple last year to focus "less on products and more on science." His role at Parallels will be to help...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/17/parc.next.veteran.helped.create.os.x/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parallels 7 updated to support Windows 8, Mountain Lion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/05/allows.mac.users.to.try.out.both.beta.environments/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/Parallels-Win8-MountainLion-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Cutting-edge users who have wanted to give the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview a tryout, or developers wanting to work with the OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview but don't have a spare machine to use for these still-unstable beta releases can work with them more safely using the newly-updated Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, which now supports running both OSes in virtual machine environments to pro...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/05/allows.mac.users.to.try.out.both.beta.environments/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>VMWare updates Fusion to 4.1, returns auto-power on</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/18/native.lion.full.screen.mode.now.available/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/VMWare-Fusion-41-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Virtualization specialists VMWare have updated VMWare Fusion to version 4.1, which resolves a number of issues from v4.0 as well as bringing in new features including native full-screen support in Lion, "smart" full screen that is aware of multiple monitors, the return of a feature where favorite virtual machines are automatically loaded when Fusion starts up, support for FileVault 2 and significa...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/18/native.lion.full.screen.mode.now.available/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parallels Desktop for Mac updated, allows Lion installs</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/01/supports.ubuntu.1110.linux.migrations/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/Parallels-v7update-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Parallels has updated their recently-released Desktop 7 for Mac virtualization product, improving support for non-English keyboards, support for Ubuntu 11.10 and improving the full-screen experience, now allowing users to scale the virtual machine screen to fit the screen while retaining the resolution. The update, labeled build 7.0.15050, also introduces the ability to install OS X Lion into a vi...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/01/supports.ubuntu.1110.linux.migrations/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parallels Desktop 7 updates with early Windows 8 support</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/05/compatibility.described.as.experimental/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1109/windows8-start.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Parallel has released a new version of Desktop 7 for Mac, v7.0.14924.  The update's main addition is "experimental" support for the Windows 8 Developer Preview, giving people a chance to test the platform inside a virtual machine.  Windows 8 is scheduled to ship sometime in 2012....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/05/compatibility.described.as.experimental/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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