Parallels Desktop® 7 for Mac
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Get your reports and projects done faster with the improved network and hard drive performance of Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac. The best just got better. Now you can enjoy peak performance of Parallels Desktop 7 for Macs and do 5 things that Fusion doesn’t—and achieve it all at the fastest speeds ever.
5 reasons to switch from Fusion if you want Lion:
- Fusion Migration Assistant doesn’t work on Lion
You’re ready to move to Mac, but want an easy way to bring all your programs, files documents and browser settings with you.
Only Parallels Desktop for Mac makes it easy for you to switch. - Boot Camp partitions don’t work in Fusion running on Lion
Parallels Desktop works great with Boot Camp. - Fusion doesn’t fully support running on Lion. We do
VMware says they will "provide best-efforts support if you choose to upgrade to Lion but cannot guarantee a resolution for all issues." - VMware makes you uninstall and reinstall before your USB devices will work with your virtual machine
Parallels Desktop doesn’t – it just works. - Parallels is unequalled in performance and customer loyalty
In 4,000+ MacTech benchmark tests, Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac "beat VMware Fusion 3.1 in 92% of the 3D graphics tests" and "84% of the general tests."
#1 choice of customers and market leader.
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“@mfp At this point I don't think it matter what VMware does with Fusion 4.0 as almost everyone will have moved to Parallels. ”
— Steve Rossen.
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“I think I am going to switch to Parallels 7. Fusion just doesn't seem like a priority for VMWare ”
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“Goodbye too slow @VMwareFusion, hello fast @ParallelsMac V7 #virtualisation #apple ”
— Frédéric M.
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“Great support by @ParallelsMac Better Lion support, performance and battery life than #vmware fusion. Check out Parallels 7 for #Mac ”
— Stefan Ried.
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“Just cross graded back to Parallels from VMware. The iPhone/iPad app is awesome and @parallelsmac version 7 is performing brilliantly ! ”
— Philip Roy.
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“Upgraded to Parallels 7. Works. Well, insofar as MS Windows ever works properly. But Parallels doing much better job than VMware. ”
— EtherealMind.
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“@chrisridd @philwalters I've running Parallels 7 its miles better than VMware fusion. So was v6 though. ”
— Ian Robinson.
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“Switched from @VMWareFusion to @ParallelsMac yesterday. Like night and day: HUGE performance increase, pleasant to use, less battery drain. ”
— Joe Hardy.
New! Mac OS 10.7 Lion support makes Windows programs roar
Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac works with Lion, the latest Mac OS X. From Multi-Touch gestures, Mission Control, Full Screen support, Launchpad integration and more, Parallels Desktop makes it feel like your Windows applications were made for Mac.
Lion integration includes:- Full-screen support
- Use of Launchpad for Windows apps
- Mission Control support
- Lion as a guest OS (on Lion only. Learn more)
- Lion animations support
Enhanced! Longer battery life
Now, running Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac has improved battery life so that you can be on the go longer without having to recharge.Enhanced! Mac OS parental controls apply to Windows programs
Manage and control your virtual machines as easily as you do your Mac. With Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, peace-of-mind comes easy thanks to the automatic apply capabilities that place the same parental controls you set for your Mac on to your Windows applications. And any restrictions set for the Mac OS will also be enforced in the virtual machine.
New! Next generation Parallels Mobile app
The freedom to access your Windows and Mac apps from any Apple device is here. With improved Parallels Mobile App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, you get advanced audio support, copy-and-past functionality and enhanced performance optimization. Available in the iTunes App Store.Enhanced! Improved performance and stability
- Improved Virtual Machine boot time/Windows boots faster.
- Pause & resume Windows faster
- Networking throughput faster
- Migration of PC faster
- Working with files on Mac faster
