Existing users, 
The parallels people seem to have delivered (to me at least) a reworked GUI in the mac application but little other change.
They have added funky animations and new icons and screens.
Unfortunately to me, the performance is worse than v4. Decidedly worse.
As always they add options and turn them on by default. If I want virtual disk auto compression I want to be able to turn it on rather than have to scramble to turn it off!
Overall I am not impressed.
Parallels Desktop
Run Windows simultaneously with OS X.
Version: 5.0
Poor performance - poor incremental features
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: anothersphere Thursday, November 05 2009 @ 06:00 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: YES
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Comments
Poor performance - poor incremental features - anothersphere
No, I am not VM Ware guy. I am reporting MY experience running win 7.Performance stinks for ME. It just seems flaky, cludgy and slow.
Tuesday, November 10 2009 @ 05:00 PM PST
Poor performance - poor incremental features - sascha_77
Parallels 5 runs like Hell. Tested the new VMWare .. Crap against Parallels. And Parallels is 32 Bit only ... VMWare 64 Bit. The Install of WinXP or WIN 7 is really fast with Parallels. VMWare needs 2x times and more longer for the OS-Install.Hold my Hands over Parallels at the MOment ..
Friday, November 06 2009 @ 07:00 AM PST
Poor performance - poor incremental features - alxgr
How you detect 32 bit? By activity monitor? It is GUI only... Do you need 64 bit buttons? :) Parallels Desktop can run Windows 7 64 bit... How 32 bit application can run 64 bit guest?Monday, November 09 2009 @ 06:08 AM PST
Poor performance - poor incremental features - alxgr
Are you VMWare guy? Parallels Desktop 5 works good. New version includes 70 new features. What features are poor? Aero? Gestures? OpenGL? Crystal?Reply to This
Friday, November 06 2009 @ 12:32 AM PST