[LINK] Win Start Menu in the Mac OS X dock

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Parallels Starts Its Own Apple Switch Campaign

By Ashlee Vance.  August 28, 2009, 4:41 pm 
<http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/parallels-starts-its-own-apple-
switch-campaign/?th&emc=th>


This week, Parallels released a software package it’s calling Parallels 
Desktop Switch to Mac Edition. 

 http://www.parallels.com/

At first blush, a Parallels watcher might wonder what’s new about this 
software. After all, Parallels has sold PC virtualization software for a 
long time, allowing people to run Microsoft’s Windows on their Macs from 
Apple. 

But with the new package, Parallels claims it’s making the move over to a 
Mac even easier for longtime Windows users. 

 http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/stm/

The switching package handles all the basics you would expect. You can 
run full-blown Windows on your Mac. And, in a nice touch, Parallels has 
placed the Windows Start Menu right in the Mac OS X dock. 

This means that you can start a Windows application like Internet 
Explorer or Word and work with that software within the standard Mac OS X 
user interface. So, you don’t have to flip back and forth between 
operating systems. 

And, as you might expect, Parallels ships a cable with the software for 
shuffling files over from a PC to a Mac. The software costs (US) $100 ..

Cheers,
Stephen