Yeah, I actually fired up Parallels for the first time in recent memory and downloaded Chrome and used it for a few hours today. Nothing there that particularly blows me away about it. It seems a bit slow, but I assume that’s due to running it via a VM. Most people seem to say it’s pretty fast. Lack of menu and really minimal controls and options is a bit offsetting to me. I like minimal in a UI, but I like to have access to as many options as possible, even if it’s hidden away somewhere. It doesn’t seem like there’s much I can change here at all.
I know there’s a lot under the hood – tabs running in different processes, etc. I like the developer menu and “stats for geeks” features. That could be really useful. And the performance features are something you get a feel for after days and weeks of using it.
But otherwise, nothing there worth running Parallels all day for. I’ll check it again when it arrives on OS X. Looking forward to running it natively and seeing how it feels.