Apple has released Boot Camp Software Update 3.3 for everyone who is running it. Boot Camp enables users to run Windows on an Intel-based Mac. To be able to use the update, you’ll need to be running Boot Camp 3.2 as well as either Win7-32 bit or Win7-64bit.

According to a new support document from Apple, the OS X utility Boot Camp—which allows a Mac owner to run Windows on a separate partition—now allows only Windows 7 to be installed in a fresh OS X Lion installation. This is because version 4 of Boot Camp that comes with OS X Lion requires an authentic 32- or 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate disc.

If you’re looking for a way to run Windows (or Linux, etc) on your Mac, you have a few options. VMWare Fusion—like Parallels and VirtualBox—is one such of these options aimed to give you the best possible experience of Windows on your Mac. While I haven’t used Parallels, I can say that in terms of features, usability, and stability, VMWare Fusion 3 is certainly great in all regards.

Parallels, Inc. introduced a new update to its popular Parallels Desktop application on Friday. The latest version, 3.0.5600, brings support for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP Sp3. It also fixes some other issues, including: Kernal panics, unusually high CPU usage, and improvements to shared folders. This update should have automatically downloaded for existing registered more »