Mac fans no doubt know about Bootcamp, a way to dual-boot your Intel-based Mac into either OS-X or Windows. It generally works fine from what I’ve heard, but who wants to dual-boot? Well, the latest version of Parallels Desktop not only allows you to run Windows applications from the OS-X environment, but finally supports OpenGL. This means that, in theory, you’d be able to launch SolidWorks (or any other cad system) just like you would any other application. I expect there’ll be some performance hit, but likely minor. Before I rush out and spend $80 to get this ability, though, I’m going to see what Apple has to say about its next version of OS-X, Leopard, at their developers’ conference next week. There have been rumors that bootcamp will become more tightly integrated with the OS, perhaps making Parallels Desktop unnecessary.