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Unter anderem folgende Features: - Cross OS application file integration with Parallels SmartSelect - Coherence 2.0, including shared folders and UI enhancements - Expanded support for USB 2.0 devices - Shared printers for cross OS printing - Significant enhancements in performance and audio quality - Bulletproof your VMs with SnapShots Download: http://www.parallels.com/en/download/desktop/ Ausführlicher Changelog: "What's New in Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac includes the following new features and feature improvements: • Coherence 2.0 - Run your Windows and Mac OS X applications in single integrated environment o Inversed Shared Folders - Mount your Windows file system and access its files and folders directly from Mac OS X o Security levels - Select security level using security slider in virtual machie configuration. Choose desired balance between virtual machine isolation and guest Windows and Mac OS X integration according your needs. o SmartSelect - Open your documents in Mac OS X or Windows using any available Mac OS X or Windows application Auto registration - On first start of any Windows application this application is made default for opening document types which have no default Mac OS X application Windows binary integration - Run Windows binaries from directly Mac OS X Editable documents associations - Right click on running Windows application in Dock and edit list of associated documents types. Associate each document type with running Windows application or with original Mac OS X application Open With Integration - Right-click your document in Mac OS X or Windows and choose any available Mac OS X or Windows application from the Open With list Double-click Integration - Double-click your document in Mac OS X or Windows to open it in the default Mac OS X or Windows application. For example: Double-click a document in Mac Finder to open it in Windows Word or Excel Double-click a picture or PDF in Windows Explorer to open it with Mac Preview Double click any EXE program in Mac Finder to start it in Windows Double-click a DMG file in Windows Explorer to mount it in Mac OS X Shared Default Browser/FTP/Mail - Click a web/ftp link in Windows to open it with Mac OS Safari; click a mailto link in Mac OS X to open it with Windows Outlook Reset Windows Applications - Browse to Applications menu and click "Reset Windows applications" button to remove all applications stubs and clean all file associations with Windows o Flexible Dock Integration - Choose integration level for Windows applications in the Dock from Never, Always and Only in Coherence o Windows Start menu Integration - Click the Parallels icon in the Dock to show the Windows Start menu • Accelerated 3D graphics - Enjoy 3D applications and 3D games running at almost native speed o OpenGL support - Run OpenGL applications and OpenGL games at native speed in the Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista guest operating systems o Limited DirectX 8.1 support - Run DirectX applications and DirectX games at native speed in the Windows XP/2003/Vista guest operating systems. • Snapshots - Save the running virtual machine state and revert back to it at any time o Multiple Snapshots - Create multiple snapshots o Visual Snapshots Manager - Manage and navigate your snapshots tree using comprehensive visual tool • Undo disks - Make you virtual machine read-only and clear all changes at the end of session • Splitted disks - Split virtual disks into 2G chunks (it allows to store virtual disk on FAT32 filesystem) • Shared printers - Print directly from Windows to any Mac OS X installed printer • Vista Boot Camp support - Run Windows Vista installed on Boot Camp partition within virtual machine • Windows 2008 (beta) experimental support - Run Windows 2008 Server beta within virtual machine • Improved Hypervisor - Enjoy better security, stability and isolation between virtual machines and Mac OS X • Improved Memory Manager - Allocate only required virtual memory on hard disk and save up to 1,5G disk space per virtual machine • Parallels Tools for guest Linux - Enjoy better integration between guest Linux and Mac OS X o Mouse Synchronization - Seemlessly move mouse pointer between Linux and Mac OS X o Change Screen Resolution - Resize guest Linux resolution according to virtual machine window size • New Toolbar Icons - Switch between three pre-defined toolbar icon sets or add your own icon set to Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/Iconsets/ • Improved Parallels Transporter - Use firewire cable for easy migration o Vista Support - Migrate your Vista PC or third-party Vista VM into Parallels virtual machine o Entire VM Migration - Migrate entire VMware or Microsoft virtual machine into Parallels virtual machine o Firewire Support - Migrate PC into Parallels virtual machine via firewire cable • Parallels Explorer - Browse your virtual machines images directly from Mac OS X when Parallels Desktop is not running, copy, move and delete files and folders on virtual disks • Parallels Virtual Appliances - Download pre-built virtual machines from Parallels Virtual Appliances Library • Other changes o Paused virtual machine could be continued by mouse click on its window o Resource allocation policy between virtual machine and Mac OS X can be chosen in new virtual machine assitant o Legacy Image Tool removed from installation package Bugfixes in Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac The list of most important fixes: • High CPU usage when some USB devices are connected to the VM • High CPU usage by sound input device enabled in VM • High CPU usage by Paused VM • GDI resources leak in ParallelsToolsCenter.exe • BSOD 07B after repairing Windows in Boot Camp • Slow Boot Camp partition unmounting • Slow real CD/DVD unmounting • Ubuntu 7.04 guest OS installation fixes • Two minutes delay when mounting CD-ROM in Ubuntu 7.04 guest OS • Windows XP SP0 and Windows XP SP1 guest OS stability fixes • Coherence on 23" and 30" monitors problem fixed - now up to 64 MB of video RAM is avaliable • Parallels Tools uninstallation fixed for Windows NT, Windows 98 and Windows 95 • Windows 95 and Windows 98 guest OSes causing 100% CPU load problem fixed • Linspire/Freespire 5.1 guest OS installation fixes • USB devices autoconnect behavior changed - now it shouldn't connect HID devices (mice, keyboards...) • Windows XP in Boot Camp constantly reinstalling Windows update issue fixed In addition, lots of other bugs were fixed and improvements were implemented. Compatible 3D Applications and Games The following 3D applications and games are known to be compatible with Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac 3D hardware virtualization: • Autodesk AutoCAD 2008 (mouse synchronization should be off to achieve better experience) • AeroFly Pro Deluxe • AVID SoftImage XSI 5.11 • RhinoCeros 4 • SketchUp Pro 6 • SolidWorks 2007 • Alien Arena 2007 (OpenGL) • Baldur's Gate 2 (Direct3D) • Call of Duty (OpenGL) • Counter Strike 1.6 (OpenGL/Direct3D) • Descent 3 (OpenGL) • Doom 3 (OpenGL) • Duke Nukem Manhattan Project (OpenGL) • Dungeon Siege 2 (Direct3D) • Far Cry (OpenGL) • GORE - Ultimate Soldier (OpenGL) • Half Life (OpenGL/Direct3D) • Hitman Codename 47 (OpenGL) • Hitman Silent Assasin (OpenGL) • Hitman Contracts (OpenGL) • Max Payne (Direct3D) • Max Payne 2 (Direct3D) • Neverball (OpenGL) • Prey (OpenGL) • Quake 1 GL (OpenGL) • Quake 2 (OpenGL) • Quake 3 Arena (OpenGL) • Return to Castle Wolfenstein (OpenGL) • Scorched 3D (OpenGL) • Serious Sam The First Encounter (OpenGL) • Serious Sam The Second Encounter (OpenGL) • SiN (OpenGL) • Tribes (OpenGL) • Unreal Tournament 2004 (OpenGL) • Warcraft 3 (OpenGL) • Worms 3D (OpenGL) "

Jensen Harris stellt im Office User Interface Blog die neue Standartschriftart der Benutzerobfläche von Windows Vista und Office 12 vor: "Sagoe UI"

Die Entwicklungszeit des Fonts lag bei über zwei Jahren und wurde speziell für Clear Type optimiert.

Hier ein kleines Sample der Schriftart:


Mehr Informationen gibt es direkt im Office User Interface Blog.

Windows Vista ist in der Oktober CTP Ausgabe verfügbar. Einen Überblick über die Neuerungen beschreibt Robert McLaws in seinem Blog:

"What's New:

Internet Explorer - This is a build closer to Beta 2, with a bunch of new features:


• Tabs - Now under the address bar... woo hoo!!!


• Better Phishing Filter


• ActiveX "Opt-In" - Practically all ActiveX controls are off by default. Users have to specifically enable the ones they want to use. As a result, the XMLHTTP object that is so heavily used in AJAX websites is now native code for the browser, and not an ActiveX control.


• Parental Controls - Windows Parental Controls tied into the browser.


• Favorites Center - FINALLY a better Favorites management experience.


• QuickTabs - Microsoft one-ups Firefox with an overview screen of all open tabs.


• Tab Groups (or Tab Favorites) - You can save a series of open tabs as a single group, and open that group as a favorite.


• Advanced Printing - Multi-page print preview with a default option to print only the selected text. You can also manipulate the margins live and see the results in a "print designer".


• Developer Toolbar - I'm presuming that this is the same as what was released for IE6.


• Standards - Improvements to the way IE handles international domain names, and CSS 2.1 support.

Networking

• Network Center - Replaces "My Network Places" and "Network Neigfhborhood".


• Improved TCP/IP stack - You now have more control over network bindings, and there appears to be more fit and polish to the unified IPv4/IPv6 stack.


• Diagnostics - Built-in memory, hard drive, and network diagnostics to help resolve common problems automatically.


• Windows Mobility Center - New control panel to access common settings, such as screen brightness, volume, and power management. It's reminiscent of a car dashboard.


• Windows Media Player 11 - It may still be branded WMP10, but it's definitely v11. The UI is nowhere near final, but it's still sweet. Definitely worth playing around with.

What's Hinted At:

• Windows AntiSpyware - It's in the Security Center, but it's just a visual cue... there's no code in there yet.

What's Broke:

• Windows Media Center - doesn't seem to work on my Tecra M4 if I use the Nvidia GeForce 6600 driver (to finally get Glass) instead of the Nvidia GeForce Go 6200/6600 drivers for XP.


• Tablet features - The TIP throws a Win32 exception when I shut down, and the neat pen-related visual cues (the "magic" halo when you hold the pen down, etc). The TIP still renders horribly under Glass.

What's Missing:

• Sidebar - Don't expect to see it in distributed builds until Beta 2. NOTE: The bootleg Sidebar that's been going around the net doesn't work on 5231
"

Neulich beim Testen von Windows Vista hat sich der Explorer verabschiedet.
Einfach so.
Das ist ja an sich nichts Besonderes, aber danach hat er sich neu gestartet.
Wie immer. Zumindestens hat er es versucht:



Genau die Meldung die seit ServicePack 2 beim Download von Executables aus dem Internet kommt...


Ich klicke auf "Run" und dann kommt noch das:



Microsoft sollte mal seine eigenen Programme signieren...