Parallels Desktop for Mac (Intel Mac)

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With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can run Windows on an Intel Mac machine - right alongside Mac OS X! Switch between Mac OS X and Windows XP with just a keystroke. Use your Mac to run important applications that were only available in Windows before: Microsoft Project, Access, Money ACT! and more are now at your fingertips. Unlike working with Boot Camp, you don't have to restart your Mac. It's the solution for users who work with multiple systems.

Unlike dual-boot solutions, in which users must completely shut down OS X and endure a full OS start-up cycle to access a important application, Parallels Desktop for Mac empowers users with the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and Mac OS X at the same time. No hard drive partitioning required Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualizes a full set of the standard PC hardware, including - Virtualized processor of the host computer; Generic motherboard compatible with Intel i815 chipset; Up to 1500 MB of RAM; VGA and SVGA with VESA 3.0 support; Up to four IDE devices, that may be either virtual hard drives (from 20 MB up to 128 GB each, mapped to image file), CD/DVD-ROM drives (mapped to physical drive or to image file), or any combination of the two; Ethernet virtual network card compatible with RTL8029 (bridged to Apple Ethernet or Apple Airport adapter), host-only networking or Mac internet sharing; Up to four serial (COM) ports (mapped to pipe or to output file); Up to three bi-directional parallel (LPT) ports(mapped to output file); Shared folders that enable file and folder transfer between OS X and Windows; 2-port USB controller 1.1 (USB 2.0 devices supported)at speed close to native);

• Run important applications available only for Windows
• Software for running Windows alongside Mac OS X; no need to reboot
• Run Windows and other operating systems on the Mac simultaneously
• Share files between Windows and Mac OS X with a shared folder
• Set up with a simple wizard-driven interlace that even automates network settings
• Format: CD
• Release Date: 2006-07-17

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-07-25 Great Product I choose Parallels because I could convert my old Virtual PC images over, and it did it (thought I hit some weird networking stuff in the transition, I was nothing I couldn't work through.) As a web developer who uses a Mac, this is the easiest way to test web sites for IE compatibility.

Reviewed on 2008-07-21 Too many bugs and glitches Installation went OK on my new iMac 2.8 Core2 Duo. Basic functions looked working fine. Internet connection had no problem. However, as soon as you try to do something more sophisticated, it doesn't work at all. Often times it hangs without any obvious reason and only way to get out of the status is reboot. Seamless mode never worked as advertised. No customer support. Forget about drag and drop between Mac and Windows - it will crash. It cannot detect external hard drive that is connected via USB. It cannot even handle Windows automatic update. Can't believe I paid $79 for this piece of junk. Do not buy this product. Their version should be 0.1.7 or something. Not even close to 1.0.

Reviewed on 2008-07-20 Parallels Desktop for Mac - Simply Splendid Parallels Desktop for the Mac has worked fabulously for me. I use it to run multiple operating systems on my Mac Book Pro at the same time. I need to run Quicken 2008 Home & Business when I'm away from home for my personal and business accounting. Unfortunately Quicken's Mac version does not support business features like invoicing, so I still use the far superior Windows version. Occasionally I'll encounter a web site that requires Microsoft's Internet Explorer too, so with Parallels I can quickly start Windows and get on with what I need to do. I could just run Windows on the Mac without Parallels by using Apple's Boot Camp. This requires shutting the Mac down and restarting it in Windows, and then shutting down Windows and restarting to get back to OS X. With Parallels I can have both OS X and Windows running at once. In practice the Parallels solution works perfectly for me except when the Windows program I want to run needs direct access to the computer's hardware. I use video production programs from Serious Magic, who has now been absorbed into Adobe. I use their DV Rack, Virtual Communicator, and Ultra 2 programs, all of which are only available for Windows. These programs use the gpu on the video card for high speed video processing tasks. Currently these programs cannot run under Parallels since the VM only presents a VESA compliant video driver, so no direct access to video hardware is possible with Parallels at this time. When I use those programs that must have direct access to the hardware I use Boot Camp.

Reviewed on 2008-07-17 NON-EXISTENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT Unless you're particularly computer saavy, you may be a lot better off using boot camp. There is virtually NO TECHNICAL SUPPORT. If you have any problems with this program, and I've had several, you're basically on your own. I bought this program to be able to run some 3rd party software on my new mac pro. When I had trouble with one of the programs, I contacted technical support by e-mail. They responded a week later. (They claim to respond within 3 days). They told me that parallels doesn't work with that particular program. I contacted them again about a problem I had with running a webcam with windows and they advised me to upgrade to a newer version of parallels. Once I did that, I've lost all ability to access the internet with windows through parallels. I've contacted them twice to resolve this problem and still no response....a week later!!

Reviewed on 2008-07-17 An excellent addition to Mac! Very easy to install and use. You can bounce between your Mac and Windows applications in seconds. An essential improvement to your Mac computer.

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