Parallels Desktop 5

With version 4 of Parallels Desktop having come out less than a year ago, a lot of existing users are wondering what, other than official Windows 7 support, makes version 5 worth the $49.99 upgrade.

The bigger concern...is whether the new stuff has been put through the necessary testing with OS X 10.6. It was no secret that version 4 had many problems on release, and Parallels Desktop 5 did seem to drop out of the sky and onto our desks. There wasn't an open public beta, so no one really knew what to expect. Has Parallels learned from its past mistakes, or is this another potentially great release buried under a mound of bugs? Read on to find out.