Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac

Parallels
Desktop® 5
for Mac

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Choice is good. Not having to choose is even better.
Mac OS or Windows? Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac lets you seamlessly run Windows and Mac OS X side-by-side, drag-and-drop your files between operating systems, and run Windows software on your Apple computer without rebooting. Learn more
Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac

Faster

  • Run Windows 7 with Aero
  • Enjoy Snow Leopard
  • Use 1000s of Windows applications

Smarter

  • Share files between Mac and Windows
  • Use Windows apps like Mac apps
  • Connect your favorite USB devices

More Powerful

  • DirectX 9.0c/9Ex with Shader Model 3
  • All the security you need for Windows
  • No compromise on performance or speed

The #1 Way to Run Windows on Mac – The Experts Agree



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    Calvin Nelson.

  • Just discovered Parallels Desktop 5. Run windows as if normal OSX apps.. sweet! Can even use your BootCamp partition.. SWEET! Getting it  

    Matt Benwell.

  • @ParallelsMac BEST virtual machine app hands down! Works so smooth and very responsive! Coherence is beautiful! #Parallels FTW!  

    Marsha.

  • @ParallelsMac Wow! I never thought that virtual machines cud be this surreal... You guys did a fantabolous job...  

    Abhishek Singh.

  • Btw, Parallels 5 for Mac is boss. And I never use the word boss.  

    Joe Raditch.

  • @ParallelsMac I love Parallels, have it on my MacBook Pro at home to run a few legacy programs on XP. Works like a charm!  

    Owen Smigelski.

  • @ParallelsMac Been using Parallels for a while - it rocks. Doing tech support Q&A it lets me keep several stock OS's "on call". Very cool.  

    Leo Notenboom.

  • Parallels rocks! Got Windows 7 up and running and now printing happily to non-Mac-compatible laser printer. Next, install .Net and VS2010.  

    Kris Rogers.

  • Just made the switch from VMWare Fusion to Parallels Desktop. So much faster! I can actually use VMs now.  

    Craig Plummer.



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