The release of the OS X Lion GM yesterday brought with it a new feature for what used to be only available for Server editions of OS X starting with Leopard: native virtualization. Many third-party solutions such as Parallels and VMWare have brought the ability to run virtual operating system environments within OS X in the past, although with the implementation of native virtualization they will serve less of a purpose to OS X users (except those who wish to run Windows within OS X, as the native virtualization only supports sandboxed versions of OS X).

If you’ve ever found yourself in the position where you need or want to install Windows (natively) on your Mac, you are probably familiar with Apple’s Boot Camp software. Boot Camp allows you to set a native Windows installation on your Mac easily. The application takes care of everything, and makes the process of creating a target partition, beginning the installation process and installing the right drivers, a very simple task.

But, if you are a Windows user on a Mac with Boot Camp, you may also be familiar with a common problem involving disk space. As soon as you begin installing software (productivity apps, games, antivirus, antispam, and general utilities), you become aware that free space will be eventually gone, forcing you to take action and solve the situation.

Learn of an easy way to do it after the break.

The people at VMWare have just released the second beta for VMWare Fusion 2.0, the company’s popular virtualization program for Macs.

The new beta adds a ton of new features, as the video below demonstrates. Highlights of the new beta after the break.

Parallel’s Server for Mac, “the world’s first server virtualization solution for the Mac platform,” is now available for $1,255.74. This is a huge step for Parallels as it will allow companies to optimize their IT infrastructures by giving them the opportunity to virtually run both Windows and Linux on their Mac machines. “Parallels Server for Mac will be a catalyst in driving Mac server adoption in the enterprise, as it is the first product ever to enable IT professionals and developers to capitalize on the power of OS X Server while keeping the flexibility to run Windows and Linux workloads,” said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. Fore more information, download their data sheet (664K PDF).

Key features after the break.

Recently, the newest version of Parallels for Mac OS X was released. The latest build of the virtualization software is build 5608, and is available for Mac only, while Parallels Transporter is available for Windows and GNU/Linux. The biggest features of the new program are added support for guest Parallel Tools for the latest iterations more »