Problems installing VMware and parallel on Intel imac

I have just bought a quad core i5 iMac and tried to install vmware but it tells me it can only install on an intel based mac, but it is an intel based mac, anyone got any ideas why its not recognised as an intel mac?

You're welcome anytime.
Glad to be of help.
Yes, with Parallels it is also only the latest version 7 that is fully Lion-compatible.
Such a "dubious" error message is up tp Parallels or Fusion to correct.
Stefan

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