What’s inside Parallels Desktop 4
for Windows & Linux

Use multiple operating systems simultaneously

Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows & Linux is a tremendous advancement for our desktop virtualization product line. Below is a listing of the major features you will find inside:

Desktop Integration & Productivity

• SmartX Technologies, a collection of features that offer instant, automatic access to your data from any OS
• Improved graphical user interface for ease of use
• Windows express installation for unattended mode
• Coherence integration of Windows applications from multiple virtual machines. Configurable color borders for easy identification on the desktop
• Shared folders between the host and guest operating systems
• SmartMount to detect and selectively share devices with host & guest operating systems
• SmartGuard to automate periodic snapshots
• Graphical snapshot manager to allow quick rollback
• Virtual machine auto-start
• Clipboard sharing & synchronization
• Shared profiles
• Transparent host printer support for guest applications
• Time zone synchronization

Virtualization Features

• Get the best speed and performance from hardware-assisted virtualization on Intel and AMD-based PCs with Parallels’ FastLane Architecture.
• 32 & 64 bit primary and guest OS support
• Intel VT-x, Intel VT-x2, AMD-V support
• Intel Virtualization Technology’s Extended Page Tables (EPT) & FlexPriority support
• 8-way SMP, 8GB RAM support per VM
• Memory over commit allowed
• Adaptive hypervisor adjusts CPU use based upon focus
• Hardware ACPI allows graceful restart or shutdown of supporting OSs
• Dynamic Kernel Module Support for Linux

Virtual Device Support

• IDE & SCSI disks
• Up to 2TB virtual hard disks inside a virtual machine
• Up to 15 SCSI devices per VM
• Up to eight USB 1.1 and eight USB2.0 devices supported per VM
• Sound, floppy drive, CD/DVD, serial & parallel ports supported

Networking Features

• 16 vNICs supporting bridged, host only & NAT networking
• PXE network boot capable
• Port forwarding

Management Features

• Start, stop, pause, suspend & resume virtual machines
• PowerSaver enhanced power management
• Multiple snapshots & visual snapshot manager
• Virtual machine cloning
• Virtual machine templates
• Configurable GUI controls
• Customizable toolbar
• System tray integration
• Undo Disk feature reverts VM to a known state
• Safe Mode startup

Migration tool

• Convert physical servers to virtual machines using a wizard based tool
• Convert 3rd party virtual machines to a Parallels virtual machine
• Local migration, network migration & FireWire migration supported

Disk Maintenance tools

• Image tool allows you to resize virtual disk and change its format
• Resize partition support to increase virtual hard drive size
• Compressor tool allows you to shrink virtual disks