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Parallels Desktop for Mac OS X

Run Windows, Linux and more side-by-side on Mac OS X without rebooting.

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Top 5 reasons to run Parallels:

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Run Windows-only applications on your Mac. Access key Windows applications from the comfort of your Mac. Run your favorite software on your favorite hardware.

Run selected 3D games and applications. Explore a whole new world of Windows-only 3D games and applications right on your Mac.

Use your favorite Windows-only devices. Use your favorite devices, even if they’re Windows-only. Connect your phone, camera and MP3 player to your Mac!

Run OS X, Windows and Linux at the same time. Run your favorite applications at the same time, regardless of the OS! No more rebooting to switch between OSes to use the applications you need.

Bring your PC with you! Move an entire Windows system to your new Mac in just a few simple steps. No losing data, reinstalling software or re-customizing your computer.

Parallels Desktop for Mac Features:

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Easy to get started
Installation Assistant helps you get Windows installed and running in only a few clicks.
Parallels Transporter enables you to migrate your entire existing PC system to your new Intel-Mac in just a few simple steps.

Unmatched ease-of-use
Parallels’ award-winning Coherence technology enables you to run Windows programs just like native Mac applications!
SmartSelect allows you to open Windows files with Mac programs and Mac files in Windows programs.
Parallels Explorer allows you to access your Windows system without launch Windows.
Drag-and-drop files between OS X and Windows.
Copy-and-paste text and files between OS X and Windows.
Choose the view that works best for you: Coherence, Full Screen, or OS Window.
Shared Folders enables you to easily share folders and files between OS X and Windows. Quickly and easily mount Windows file system on your Mac.
VM catalog enables you to easily organize and manage your virtual machines.

It just works!
3D Graphics lets you run today’s most popular PC games on a Mac.
Connect your favorite USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 in any OS with the new USB connection assistant.
Shared Networking enables you to seamlessly connect your virtual machine to the Internet through any connection.
Shared Devices enables you to connect all of your favorite peripheral devices to any OS.

Powerful and Efficient
Snapshots instantly saves the state of your virtual machine, bulletproofing your VM from mishaps and system crashes.
Security Manager allows you to control the amount of interaction between Windows and Mac OS X.
Parallels Desktop for Mac is the industry’s leading desktop virtualization software, taking 100% advantage of Intel VT and delivering lighting-fast speed and rock-solid stability.
Support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Sun Solaris, OS/2 Warp, MS DOS, and more.
Support for Boot Camp.

Parallels Desktop for Mac System Requirements:

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Primary System Requirements

Primary Operating Systems Supported Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later; Language Supported: English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Russion
Hardware Requirements
Mac Computer	Support on any 32 or 64-bit Intel-powered iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro & Mac Pro Tower.
Processor	Intel Core Solo, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Dual-Core Xeon. Full support for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x).
Memory	Minimum memory requirements of 512 MB RAM. Recommended to use 1 GB RAM. New! Use ANY RAM configuration (up to 16GB) without modifying your host system.
Disk Space:	70 MB of available hard drive space for Parallels Desktop installation plus sufficient space allocated for the virtual machine. 15 GB of free hard drive space is recommended.
Display	16-bit or 32-bit display adapter recommended.

Guest Systems Requirements

Guest Operating Systems supported Microsoft Windows: 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Windows Vista. Linux Distributions: SUSE, Red Hat, Debian, Fedora Core, Mandriva, Xandros and more. Other: FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, Solaris, MS-DOS, and OpenBSD 3.8.
Guest Hardware Specifications
Processor	Virtualized Processor of the Host computer.
Motherboard	Generic motherboard compatible with Intel i815 chipset.
Memory	Up to 1500 MB RAM available for guest virtual machines.
Keyboard	104-key Windows enhanced keyboard.
Mouse	PS/2 wheel mouse.
Display	VGA and SVGA with VESA 3.0 support. 3D Accelerator/Direct X 3D Graphics is currently not supported in this version.
IDE Drives	Up to 4 IDE Devices; CD/DVD-ROM Drives, Virtual Hard drives or any combination of the two. Virtual Hard Drive from 20 MB up to 120 GB each.
Floppy Drives	1.44 Floppy drive mapped to FDD image file.
CD Drives	CD/DVD-ROM drives mapped to physical drive or ISO image file. New!  Burn CDs and DVDs directly in virtual machines, play Audio CDs, and read data from copy-protected CDs and DVDs.
Sound Card	AC’97-compatible sound card, Sound recording is supported.
Serial Ports	Up to four Serial (COM) Port mapped to a socket or to an output file.
Parallels Ports:	Up to three bi-directional parallel (LPT) ports mapped to output file.
Ethernet© Cards	New! Up to 5 Virtual NIC’s. Ethernet virtual network card compatible with RTL8029 bridged to Apple Ethernet or Apple Airport adapter,connected to host-only or shared networking.
USB Ports	New! USB 2.0 Support; 8 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 1.1 ports;

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