Run Windows and Mac OS X at the same time!
Product Information
Parallels Desktop for Mac is the first solution for Intel-Macs that give you theflexibility of running Windows on a Mac OS X simultaneously without rebooting.You can use Parallels Desktop for Mac on any Intel-powered iMac Mac MiniMacBook MacBook Pro & Mac Pro Towers.
- Run Windows alongside Mac OS X without the need to reboot
- Unmatched ease of use
- Supports Linux and more
- Fast! Works on any Intel Mac
Now you can take advantage of important Windows-only software applicationslike Internet Explorer Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Project Quicken MicrosoftVisio Microsoft SharePoint SQL Server and more without giving up thesecurity comfort and functionality of your Mac!
New Features
- Parallels Installation Assistant. We improved Parallels Desktop for Mac with a powerful new tool that helps you to install Windows XP in a secure stable virtual machine with a single click! Now your Windows installation on a Mac easier than on a PC!
- Parallels Shared Networking. Running Windows in Parallels Desktop for Mac is now more secure than if you run Windows on a PC. Shared Networking enables multiple IP addresses to appear as one IP address on a network and effectively hides virtual machines from the outside world making them far less likely to be the victim of a hacker attack.
- Compatibility with developer build of Mac OS X 10.5 code-named “Leopard”
Product Highlights
- Portable Support – take your virtual machine anywhere you go! You can copy your whole Windows computer on a CD/DVD and use it on any Parallels enabled computer
- Keyboard support – use all of the keys on your Mac keyboard such as the eject CD button right-left and Shift/Ctrl/Alt (option)/Windows keys in any virtual machine
- Unicode path support – name files and paths in national languages
- Mac OS X performance support – optimize Mac OS X or guest OS performance by switching off the Mac cache function
- Graphic performance support – enjoy faster smoother video playback
- Shared folders performance – open folders and files faster and transfer data across OSes with almost zero lag
- Disk management built-in tool included – improve virtual machine performance and save storage space by 50% or more with Parallels Compressor tool included – FREE $49.99 value!
Product Features
- Works on ANY Intel-Mac with ANY memory configuration with no system modification. This includes Mac Pro towers with up to 16GB of RAM and the full line of Core 2 Duo iMacs
- Solaris guest OS no longer hangs after suspend/resume
- An improved Parallels Tools package
- Full support for OpenBSD 3.8 as a guest operating system
- G4U hard disk cloning tool now works in virtual machines
- Better video output improvement and acceleration
- Added multi interface USB devices support (including Windows Mobile 2005 devices)
- Added isochronous USB devices support (including WebCam devices)
- Keyboard support improvement: Eject CD key support left/right Shift/Ctrl/Alt (Option)/Windows keys difference support
- Added virtual disk cache policy option: Mac OS X performance optimized or guest OS performance optimized
- Image Tool fixes
- Optimized disk cache policy for Suspend/Resume feature
- Windows ME Suspend/Resume fix
- Shared Folders first time access acceleration
- Clipboard synchronization tool fixes (unreadable symbols sometimes added during copy and paste)
- Sound playback and recording improvement
Macintosh Requirements
- Intel Macintosh required
- Minimum 512MB of RAM (1GB of RAM recommended)
- 30MB hard drive space for Parallels Desktop installation plus space to allocate to your virtual machine
- Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later
- Requires Windows (or other operating system)
- Note: Windows not included
- Compatible with Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 2003 XP any Linux distribution FreeBSD Solaris eComStation OS/2 or MS-DOS (Operating systems sold separately)
