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  • Blown away with how simple @parallelsmac makes checking my sites with Internet Explorer – awesome!  

    Alisdair Binning.

  • Running Visual Studio in Parallels 5. Using Crystal with MacLook is awesome - looks like a native Mac version of Visual Studio now :-)  

    Phil Nash.

  • Parallels for the Mac blows my mind..! It's Macdows... or Wintosh... or something. ;-)  

    Melanie.

  • Parallels 5 for Mac, been using this upgrade with Windows 7. Very, very nice on my Macbook Pro!  

    K. Gabriel.

  • Win7 ultimate 64bit installed on Parallels 5 was really a smooth install... Performance vs WinVista improved from a score of 4.1 to 5.7!  

    R. Vargas.

  • I love the new version of @parallels desktop. I can now just run Windows full screen on a third monitor on my Mac.  

    W. Van de Belt.

  • Finally got Parallels and Windows 7 up and running on my MacBook. I do not miss my desktop PC at all.  

    Tim Bowersox.

  • Windows 7 runs beautifully via parallels. Aero effects and nice little corner fold appears at the top left to show Mac desktop.  

    Simon Powell.

  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server running in a VM on a MacBook Pro under Parallels Desktop 5 seems pretty snappy :)  

    Ian Robinson.


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