Parallel Desktop for Mac is the leading virtualization solution for the Mac, enabling Mac users to run Windows simultaneously with their Mac OS X on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro Towers.
The latest release of Parallels delivers easy to use migration tools, USB 2.0 support, innovative Coherence technology, and much more. It's never been easier to run Mac OS and Microsoft Windows side by side.
With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can:
* Run your favorite Mac and Windows applications at the same time without rebooting
* Seamlessly connect to any network in both Mac OS and Windows using a shared network connection
* Achieve a high level of performance for Windows on your Mac by leveraging Intel technology - an industry leading solution available on Parallels Software
* Copy and paste items between your Mac desktop and your Windows desktop
* Quickly create multiple virtual machines by using the new Parallels Installation Assistant
* Create Active backups by using Parallels Desktop for Mac in conjunction with Parallels Compressor
* Achieve optimal virtual machine performance and reduce disk space by 50% or more with the new Parallels Compressor
Parallels Desktop for Mac wins Best Desktop Virtualization for Mac. More Awards. Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software.
Parallels Desktop for Mac is a software product by Parallels, Inc., a developer of desktop and server virtualization software. Released on June 15, 2006, it was the first software suite to bring hardware virtualization mainstream to Macintosh computers with Intel processors.
Initially, the software was released as 'Parallels Workstation for Mac OS X', consistent with the Linux and Windows versions. This was not well received within the Mac community, where some felt that the name, particularly the term “workstation,
Parallels Desktop for Mac is a hardware emulation virtualization software, using hypervisor technology that works by mapping the host computer’s hardware resources directly to the virtual machine’s resources, allowing each virtual machine to operate identically to a standalone computer. Each virtual machine effectively has its own processor, RAM, floppy and CD drives, I/O devices, and hard disk, essentially all the resources of a physical computer.[3] Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualizes all devices within the virtual environment, including the video adapter, network adapter, and hard disk adapters. It also provides pass-through drivers for parallel port and USB devices.
Because all guest virtual machines use the same hardware drivers irrespective of the actual hardware on the host computer, virtual machine instances are highly portable between computers. For example, a running virtual machine can be stopped, copied to another physical computer, and restarted.
Parallels Desktop for Mac is able to virtualize a full set of standard PC hardware, including[4]
* A virtualized CPU of the same type as the host's physical processor.
* A generic motherboard compatible with the Intel i815 chipset.
* Up to 8 GB of RAM for guest virtual machines (4 GB total), currently max 512 MB for Linux as guest system because of incompatibilities between i815 emulation and current Linux kernels[5]
* Up to 256 MB of video RAM (VRAM).
* VGA and SVGA video cards with VESA 3.0 support.
* A 1.44 MB floppy drive, which can be mapped to a physical drive or to an image file.
* Up to four IDE devices. This includes virtual hard drives that range in size from 20 MB to 128 GB each and CD/DVD-ROM drives. Virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives can be mapped to either physical drives or ISO image files.
* DVD/CD-ROM "pass-through" access.
* Up to four serial ports that can be mapped to a pipe or to an output file.
* Up to three bi-directional parallel ports, each of which can be mapped to a real port, to a real printer or to an output file.
* An Ethernet virtual network card compatible with Realtek RTL8029(AS), capable of up to five network interface connections.
* Up to eight USB 2.0 devices and two USB 1.1 devices.
* An AC97-compatible sound card.
* A 104-key Windows enhanced keyboard and a PS/2 wheel mouse.
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