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  • Parallels to support Google Chrome OS on Mac

    Parallels, a provider of cloud services automation and virtualisation software, has announced support for Google Chrome as a guest operating system running on Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac. Parallels, a provider of cloud services automation and…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Operating Systems • Metal • Macs • Edition • Cent • Automation

  • Parallels enhances virtualisation for Apple servers

    Parallels had already launched a hypervisor for the Mac but as Jack Zubarev, Parallel's marketing and alliances president explained, the new product was another level higher. Parallels has boosted its Apple virtualisation offering Parallels has…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Parallels • Metal • Mac Os • Hypervisor • Apple Xserve

  • Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac "faster than VMware Fusion"

    Parallels released the latest version of its Windows virtualization software for Mac computers on Wednesday, which it claims remains faster and more powerful than VMware's rival app. Parallels released the latest version of its Windows…
    04 November 2009
    Tags: Mac Os • User Interface • App • Fusion • Virtualization • Integration

  • Parallels releases new software for Mac

    Striving to provide an all-in-one-retail-box solution to Windows users who want to switch to the Mac, Parallels announced Tuesday that it's releasing a new version of its Parallels Desktop software that comes with a USB transfer cable and in-depth…
    02 September 2009
    Tags: Mac • Cable • Retail • Learn • Releasing • Transition

  • Parallels tweaks virtualisation with new GUI

    Desktop virtualisation specialist Parallels has launched a Windows and Linux virtualisation product that matches the existing version for Apple Mac Desktop virtualisation specialist Parallels has launched a Windows and Linux virtualisation product…
    01 September 2009
    Tags: Audience • Specialist • Windows Xp • Gui • Directory • Wider

  • Bug puts Macs at risk from Windows hack

    Fusion 2.0.4, a 186MB file, can be downloaded free-of-charge from VMware's site by current users of the company's Mac virtualisation software.Fusion, and its primary commercial competitor, Parallels Desktop, are used on a large number of Macs by…
    16 April 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Windows Xp • Exploit • Bug • Malicious Code • Researcher

Latest Features

  • Macs vs. PCs: Which is cheaper to run?

    Here is Lennox's comparison chart on Facebook.An Enterprise Desktop Alliance survey of 260 IT admins found that Macs were cheaper in six of seven computer management categories: troubleshooting, help desk calls, system configuration, user training…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Readers • Macs • Delivery • Debate • Active Directory

  • 2010 may be the year of the Apple Mac

    The elimination of proprietary ports in favor of USB, Wi-Fi, DVI, and FireWire, the adoption of IDE hard drives and PCI graphics cards, the elimination of AppleTalk, the inclusion of ActiveDirectory support in Mac OS X, all have made the Mac…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Niche • Microsoft Office • Mac Os • Macs • Commitment • Balance

  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard - bad for business?

    But when Apple switched to the Intel CPU and Parallels created virtualization software to allow Macs to run Windows side by side with Mac OS X, individuals stopped having to worry about whether Apple formally supported the enterprise - Macs could…
    28 August 2009
    Tags: Mac Os • Stopped • Macs • Outlook • Ftp • Mail

  • Which operating system is best for SSDs?

    But that's not the case when using virtualization applications such as Parallels and VMware's Fusion in Mac OS X 10.5 to run the rival operating system. Micron found that Vista and Mac OS X performed better with its SSDs than XP, according to a…
    12 December 2008
    Tags: Flash Memory • Hard Drive • Mac Os • Boot • Spin • Manufacturer

  • Fog lifts from virtualisation battle lines

    As a result, others have decided to attack those areas, notably Parallels, which has made a considerable impact in bringing virtualisation - and so the ability to run PC-based applications - to the Apple Mac desktop.However, from an enterprise…
    15 November 2007
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Manek Dubash • Hypervisor • Windows Server • Virtualisation Technology • Pointed

  • Parallels versus VMware: upstart takes the biscuit

    Both companies have a new desktop virtualisation product due out very soon -- VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 -- both cost the same, and have similar features sets. But far more useful for users will be either VMware or Parallels…
    15 June 2007
    Tags: Mac Os • Boot • Macs • Asset • Virtualisation Technology • Versus

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How-Tos

  • How to run Windows 7 on Mac OS X

    Unless you're doing heavy CPU crunching applications on either Mac OS X or the guest Windows OS, ram and disk I/O should be your first consideration.VMware Fusion 3 or Parallels Desktop 5? Frankly, I've only run VMware Fusion 3 under Mac OS X…
    03 February 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Sharing • Prompted • Outlook • Mac Os • Macs

  • How to get started with virtual machines

    Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007, not surprisingly, runs only under Windows--but it does permit you to run Linux as a guest operating system, surprisingly.Other virtualization tools abound (notably, the Mac-based VMware Fusion and the multiplatform…
    27 August 2009
    Tags: Capture • Boot • Microsystems • Guest • Mouse • Operating Systems

  • How to run a Windows virtual machine on Mac

    Parallels options The Configure dialog shows a list of options that affect the interaction between your virtual machine and the Mac OS. Fair shares Parallels options help the Mac OS and Windows virtual machine to work together.
    26 August 2009
    Tags: Button • Mac Os • Bar • Window • Modes • Dualcore

  • Getting ready for the leap to Leopard

    Unlike virtualisation software such as SWsoftware's Parallels Desktop or VMware's Fusion, however, Boot Camp does not run both Windows and Leopard simultaneously.Boot Camp installs and manages Windows XP Home SP2, XP Professional SP2, Vista Home…
    18 October 2007
    Tags: Hard Drive • Mac Os • Utilities • Restore • Folder • Macs

  • Case Study: Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise (part 2)

    But as an IT professional, I have a responsibility to my business to make sure if there is a problem, I can have quick, ready and easy answers.New applications like SWsoft's Parallels Desktop for Mac and Apple's Boot Camp have made it easier for…
    04 June 2007
    Tags: Boot • Macs • Article • Presentations • Enabling • Ads

  • How to tackle virtual machine bloat

    If this happens to one virtual machine that might be acceptable but, on a consolidated server with several virtual machines on the same host, you can see where a simple problem like virtual machine disk bloat can really start to get out of hand…
    07 July 2006
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Virtual Machines • Suited • Parallels • Workstations • Running Windows

Reviews

  • Parallels Desktop 4 review

    Locked in a death struggle with VMware on the Macintosh platform, Parallels allowed its Windows version to languish for nearly two years while it focused on defending its Mac OS X flagship. Then, this past summer, Parallels surprised everyone by…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Cpus • Workstation • Flagship • Legacy • Vm • Death

  • Desktop virtualisation shoot out

    At the same time, Parallels has finally seen fit to deliver a version of Parallels Desktop for Windows that's on par with its Mac product, complete with USB device integration, bridged networking, and guest OS SMP support.
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Compatibility • Workstation • Vm • Experts • Virtual Pc • Desktop Virtualisation

  • VMware Workstation 7 review

    Similarly, VMware's lead in usability is being challenged by Parallels, which has finally brought the ease of use of its awardwinning Parallels Desktop for Mac product to the Windows platform. And since both solutions are significantly cheaper than…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Category • Class • Vm • Bar • Guest • Leader

  • Parallels Desktop for Mac 5.0

    Hot on the heels of VMware's update of Fusion 3 comes Parallels Desktop for Mac 5.0. And as with Fusion 3, Parallels Desktop for Mac 5.0 can list many new features and interface tweaks, to what was already a well-specified and mature application.
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Frame • Mac Os • Elements • Windows Vista • Fusion • Eye

  • VMware Fusion 3

    The new Virtual Machine Library screen eases the management of multiple virtual machines, and the built-in update tool will make it easy to keep up to date with future releases.I'll have much more to say about VMware Fusion in an upcoming review…
    28 October 2009
    Tags: Movie • Mac Os • Limitations • Virtual Machines • Battle • Bar

  • Parallels Desktop 4.0 review

    Parallels Desktop 4.0 is virtualisation software that allows you to run Windows operating systems on an Intel Mac. Parallels was the first, and now in its latest Parallels Desktop 4.0 guise, it's a fully featured and mature program.There are three…
    12 February 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Mac Os • Ram • Vm • Fusion • Worldbench

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