The folks over at Macworld took the liberty of reviewing the new edition of Parallels, strictly from a gamer’s point of view.

For those unfamiliar with Parallels, it’s a program similar to Boot Camp that enables Intel-based Macs to run Mac OS X and Windows simultaneously, with no reboot required.

The reviewer ran a handful of older games on it, including Dungeon Siege 2 and Max Payne 2. All in all the performance was sufficient but when it came to running DirectX 9 compatible newer games like The Sims 2 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, it just flat-out didn’t run.

Conclusion: Parallels 3.0 is a decent entry if you’re a modest gamer who enjoys the occasional DirectX 8.1 or lower-enabled game or if you need it to run other Windows apps, but if you’re looking to run newer higher end 3-D titles then Boot Camp is your best bet. But it is a step in the right direction so far.

But you don’t have to “take my word for it…dun, dun…dun.”

Ahh, I love the 80s…Reading Rainbow, Mecc games on the Apple IIe in the school computer lab….Geez, now I feel like playing Oregon Trail. Now that was some game. And the good news is that you wouldn’t need Parallels 3.0 to play it. But I digress.

For a more in-depth review of the program, click the link below for the full article.

Take a bigger bite of this apple…[link: Macworld Parallels 3.0 review article]

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