Parallels has posted an early beta release of Parallels Desktop, enabling Intel-based Mac owners to install and use Microsoft Windows without the need to reboot the system. The update brings support for booting Windows XP on a Boot Camp partition directly in Parallels Desktop, as well as the ability to use an Apple Boot Camp partition with Windows XP installed as a virtual hard drive. The beta allows users to drag-and-drop files as well as folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa, and features one-click Virtual Machine aliases to automatically start Virtual Machines.

The newly released beta is available as a free download, and Parallels is offering a special holiday deal where customers who purchase Parallels products receive one year of free upgrades. Parallels Desktop for Mac is priced at $80, and requires Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later. For more details see their web site.

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