Parallels Desktop 3.0 Announced - Win/PC Games On Your Mac?

Update: Parallels Desktop 3.0 For Mac Released! Also, check out David Pogue's Review in the New York Times.

Parallels Inc. (an SW Soft Company), just announced last week that they have been building and testing a major update to their virtualization solution for the Mac, which enables Mac users to run Windows simultaneously with Mac OS X on any Intel-based iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro Towers. The release itself should be announced shortly, possibly in time for WWDC?

Version 3.0 promises over 50 new features, including "Smart Select" which lets you predetermine which application (that's Windows apps OR Mac OS X apps, people!) will the default application that will automatically open when you double click a certain type of file. Also, included will be new 3D Graphics, which will let you run any Windows-only OpenGL and DirectX games and apps in a virtual machine on your Mac, without shutting down OS X!

The new version will price out at their version 2.0 price of $79.99, but current users can upgrade for only $49.99. If you go to their site and order your upgrade now (between now and WWDC, which starts June 11, 2007) for only $39.99.

Check out their blog page with more info.