Parallels releases free official update

Parallels has released a free official update to Parallels Desktop for Mac which incorporates the changes we've seen in recent betas. The full list of changes includes:

• New! Installation Assislant built-in tool included.
• New! Shared Networking
• Works on ANY Intel-Mac with ANY memory configuration with no system modification. This includes Mac Pro towers with up to 16GB of RAM, and the full line of Core 2 Duo iMacs
• New! Compatibility with developer build of Mac OS X 10.5, code-named “Leopard”
• New! Support for Windows Vista
• Solaris guest OS no longer hangs after suspend/resume
• An improved Parallels Tools package
• Full support for OpenBSD 3.8 as a guest operating system
• G4U hard disk cloning tool now works in virtual machines
• Better video output improvement and acceleration
• Added multi interface USB devices support (including Windows Mobile 2005 devices)
• Added isochronous USB devices support (including WebCam devices)
• Keyboard support improvement: Eject CD key support, left/right Shift/Ctrl/Alt (Option)/Windows keys difference support
• Added virtual disk cache policy option: Mac OS X performance optimized or guest OS performance optimized
• Image Tool fixes
• Optimized disk cache policy for Suspend/Resume feature
• Windows ME Suspend/Resume fix
• Shared Folders first time access acceleration
• Clipboard synchronization tool fixes (unreadable symbols sometimes added during copy and paste)
• Sound playback and recording improvement

If you already have your copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac you can update it easily - simply download updated file and install it over your existing version. You will NOT need to reinstall any guest OS or any applications when you update your Parallels Desktop for Mac. Don't forget to update Parallels Tools after updating. A free 15-day trial is also available.

Visit Parallels for more information or to download the update.

Note: At the time I'm posting this, the announcement is up but the download still isn't available.