Parallels
Desktop® 5 for Mac
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| Price for License: | $79.99 | ||
| Total cost: | $79.99 | ||
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Special Offer for Recent Purchasers!
Parallels is offering free upgrades to our recent Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition purchasers.
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Upgrading from
Parallels Desktop 2.x?
Important info for upgraders from Parallels Desktop 2.x.
Mac OS or Windows? Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac lets you seamlessly run Windows and Mac OS X side-by-side, drag-and-drop your files between operating systems, and run Windows software on your Apple computer without rebooting. Learn more
Faster
- Run Windows 7 with Aero
- Enjoy Snow Leopard
- Use 1000s of Windows applications
Smarter
- Share files between Mac and Windows
- Use Windows apps like Mac apps
- Connect your favorite USB devices
More Powerful
- DirectX 9.0c/9Ex with Shader Model 3
- All the security you need for Windows
- No compromise on performance or speed
The #1 Way to Run Windows on Mac – The Experts Agree
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@cupofjava1961 just remember that we still live in a 90% Windows World. If not for Parallels, my Mac would be practically useless at work. ”
— Michael Tice.
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Wow just install Parallels Desktop on my Mac. Very cool product. It makes my previous VMWare on Linux experience look very clunky. ”
— Chadarius.
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Been testing parallels 5 on Mac Os and bootcamp. The integration is fantastic! Windows and Mac apps all interact with each other. Impressive. ”
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Running Windows 7 in Parallels 5 on my MacBook Pro now. It's half the VM size of XP, and fast enough. Now it's MUCH simpler to test IE... ”
— Quevin LLC.
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@ParallelsMac Parallels 5 is so much better than 3 was. Much progress. And Quickbooks has been working great on it. Love it. ”
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@ParallelsMac It solves a hardware duplicity issue. I love it for web dev. Thanks, and keep up the good work! ”
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Mac OS AND AutoCAD on Win XP in a window? Only thing better would be a beer dispenser. #Parallels, you are magic. ”
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Parallels does a great job on the Mac with Win 7. Windows apps side by side in the dock & systray icons along side the mac icons. Well Done! ”
— Kelly.
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amazed by Parallels 5. No hassle, super-fast suspend/resume, and OGL accelerated compositing with Karmic out of the box. Good bye vmware. ”
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