Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac sells for $79.99 from the Parallels online store, while existing users can upgrade for $49.99. Alternatively, Parallels Desktop Pro Edition is sold on a $99.99 annual.

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Run Windows applications like they were made for your Mac. Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac takes advantage of Mac OS X Mountain Lion's great features and applies them to Windows programs, like support for Launchpad, Dictation, Notification Center and Mission Control.

SkyDrive, iCloud, Photo Stream, Dropbox, Google Drive optimizations make sure you don't inadvertently duplicate files locals, so you get the most of our storage space. Get stuff done in Windows at with a 'real' Start menu and the ability to run Modern (Metro) apps in a separate window rather than in full screen. New Virtual Machine wizard makes it even easier to create new virtual machines, especially if your Mac doesn't have an optical drive. Integration between Mac and Windows deepens, and now you can use the Mac Dictionary gesture to access the dictionary in Windows. Improved graphics. Don't compromise with graphically intensive apps.

Increased graphics performance: compared to previous versions. Thunderbolt drives connect to your Virtual Machines. Firewire drives connect just like USB devices.

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Security Wizard makes it easy for you to be sure all your stuff is secure, both on your Mac and in your Windows virtual machine.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Overview [ ] is a developer of desktop and server software. Instead of upgrading its versions of software, the company’s income strategy is to generally allow versions to become obsolete with updates to drive consumers to purchase upgrades every one to two years. Historical [ ] Released on June 15, 2006, it was the first software product to bring mainstream virtualization to Macintosh computers utilizing the (earlier software products ran PC software in an emulated environment). Its name initially was ' for ', which was consistent with the company's corresponding and products. This name was not well received within the Mac community, where some felt that the name, particularly the term “workstation,” evoked the aesthetics of a Windows product. Parallels agreed: “ Since we've got a great Mac product, we should make it look and sound like a Mac product.”, it was therefore renamed ‘Parallels Desktop for Mac’. On January 10, 2007, Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac was awarded “Best in Show” at.

Technical [ ] Parallels Desktop for Mac is a hardware emulation virtualization software, using technology that works by mapping the host computer’s hardware resources directly to the virtual machine’s resources. Each virtual machine thus operates identically to a standalone computer, with virtually all the resources of a physical computer. 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 • A virtualized of the same type as the host's physical processor, • compliance system, • A generic compatible with the i965 chipset, • Up to 64 GB of for guest virtual machines, • Up to 2 GB of video RAM (VRAM), • and with 3.0 support and and 10.1 acceleration, • A 1.44 MB, which can be mapped to a physical drive or to an image file, • Up to four devices. This includes virtual ranging in size from 20 MB to 2 TB each and CD/DVD-ROM drives. Virtual CD/DVD-ROM drives can be mapped to either physical drives or files.