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Parallels 3.0 Desktop for Mac

Now it’s easy to run Windows on your Intel Mac right alongside Mac OS X. Parallels Desktop for Mac lets you switch back and forth between Mac OS X and fullscreen Windows XP with a simple keystroke. Or run Windows inside a window right on your Macintosh desktop. Now Mac users can run important applications available only for Windows programs like Microsoft Project, Access, Money, Act!, Goldmine, Internet Explorer and more. Unlike Boot Camp, which requires the user to restart his Mac, Parallels Desktop for Mac runs Windows simultaneously with Mac OS X. It's like having two computers in one! Parallels Desktop for Mac lets you run any version of Windows and many other operating systems at blazing speeds. Best of all, no rebooting is required. Parallels Desktop for Mac is set up with a simple wizard-driven interace that even automates network settings. Share files between Windows and Mac OS X with a shared folder. At your option, each operating system can have its own dedicated screen. NOTE: Windows not included. You must supply the operating system to be run on the virtual machine. Plus, Parallels is not compatible with an OEM version of Windows XP. An OEM edition is one that came pre-installed on a system. Therefore, you will need to purchase a boxed copy of Windows XP; you cannot copy the pre-installed installation of Windows from a PC.

Average Customer Rating: Parallels 3.0 Desktop for Mac - 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
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Overall Rating: Parallels 3.0 Desktop for Mac - 4 out of 5 4 5
Performance: Parallels 3.0 Desktop for Mac - 4 out of 5 4 5
Ease of Use: Parallels 3.0 Desktop for Mac - 4 out of 5 4 5
Good emulation Date: November 29, 2008
Written By: malacca From: Chapel Hill, NC

Pros: overall performance, interoperability, drag & drop copy & paste, compatibility
Cons: video cards unrecognized

Reviews & Ratings for Parallels 3.0 Desktop for Mac
Having come from the days of VirtualPC, I'm happy to report that Parallels Desktop is certainly an improvement. They used to claim that you could run VirtualPC full-screen and fool people into thinking you were running a PC. I never achieved that level of performance, but with Macs now running on Intel chips, performance really is on par with PCs. Except for the inability to recognize discrete graphics chips, there really is no speed hit for running Windows apps inside Parallels. Drag and drop & copy and paste between the two OSes works flawlessly as well. Yet another reason to get a Mac!

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