Parallels the creator of the popular Parallels Desktop virtualization software for desktop Mac OS X has announced the availability of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac OS X.

Parallels Desktop 5 allows users to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side-by-side with Mac OS X.

The new version of Parallels has more than 70 new features including full support for Windows Vista Aero and 7 to Windows WDDM driver, including Aero Flip 3D.

In addition to Windows 7 support Parallels Desktop version 5 introduces 7 times better graphics performance for 3D games and applications Windows than the previous version, and greater support for graphics to Linux using OpenGL through 2.1.

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