Test drive Windows 8 the safe
and easy way with Parallels®
Workstation 6!
Professional-grade Virtualization for PCs
Want to test Windows 8, the new Metro UI and see what everyone is talking about? You don't want to install the Windows 8 Release Preview on the computer you use every day because you need to stay productive.
We have the answer. Parallels Workstation 6 lets you simultaneously run multiple OS configurations at the same time on Windows and Linux PCs, without rebooting. You can even access them remotely with the Parallels Mobile app for iPad or iPhone!
“Parallels is a developer’s dream for running Windows 8 and other OSs to build and test programs efficiently. Plus, being able to control both PC and Mac Parallels VMs on multiple computers with Parallels Mobile on my iPad and iPhone from anywhere just plain rocks.”
— Michael Zimmerman, Web Developer
Hardware Requirements:
- Minimum 1.66 GHz x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) CPU
- Minimum 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more is recommended)
- At least 350 MB of space available on the boot volume for Parallels Workstation installation
- 30-60 GB of available disk space for each virtual machine
- DVD-ROM drive
- Ethernet network adapter
Note: To run 64-bit guest operating systems, you need a processor that supports the Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization technology.
Everyone is buzzing about Windows 8!! Parallels Workstation 6 is used by web developers, QA teams, system administrators and technologists making it easier for them to evaluate, test & demonstrate applications on a wide variety of platforms (Windows, Linux, Ubuntu & more) and configurations.
People everywhere are using Parallels Workstation 6 to do their Windows 8 testing. Just install Parallels, download and install Windows 8 in a virtual machine and you can test it without worry! Windows 8 machine gets corrupted? No worries—just delete the virtual machine and start over with just a few clicks—no impact on your PC.
Top Features:
- Windows-based & Linux-based applications on the same PC without rebooting
- Drag & drop, copy and paste, share files between Virtual Machines (VMs) as well as the host OS to simplify the movement of data
- Quick VM isolation from the host computer
- Automatically encrypt VMs to improve privacy and security
- Seamlessly move between virtual environments with SmartMouse features, adaptive hypervisor, cut and paste capabilities, shared folders and Windows drag and drop capabilities
- Remotely access your virtual machines using the Parallels Mobile app for iPad and iPhone, available in the AppStore
Supported Host OS
32-bit:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista SP1, SP2
- Windows XP Pro SP3
- Windows XP Home SP3
- Debian 6.0
- Fedora 14, 15
- Red Hat Linux RHEL 6, 6.1
- Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04
64-bit:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista SP1, SP2
- Windows XP Pro SP2
- Debian 6.0
- Fedora 14, 15
- Red Hat Linux RHEL 6, 6.1
- Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04