After six Beta versions in less than two months, Parallels has gone Release Candidate. Along with the RC, Parallels also changed the product name.

Benjamin Rudolph, Parallels Marketing & Business Development head, states - "As you probably know, "Workstation" is a very Windows-centric term, and we received a lot of comments from our users stating that since we've got a great Mac product, we should make it look and sound like a Mac product. We listened, and the result is "Parallels Desktop for Mac". We're really pleased with the new name, and we hope that you are, too."

What's new in Parallels Desktop for Mac RC?

• New look and feel
• Improved performance and stability
• Better and broader USB support
• Improved Shared Folder functionality
• Improved networking
• Better sound support
• Better fullscreen operation
• Resolved Suspend/Resume issues
• Uninstaller introduced
• National keyboards mapping issues have been fixed
• Red “Power Off” button now always acts like Power Off
• Blue “Pause” button now always acts like Suspend
• The “Pause” button was moved to the VM menu?

Known issues:

• Some USB devices are still unstable
• FreeBSD 5.4 installation sometimes hangs

Source: Parallels.com