In my role at
Parallels, I spend a considerable amount of time on planes. My experience with
in-flight Wifi is that it’s really slow—and to add insult to injury, it’s also
really expensive. So before I leave for the...
Microsoft’s Windows
10 has two major updates each year: one in the fall and one in the spring.
While things haven’t gone according to this plan in the recent past (long
story), the spring update...
“You should make a Parallels Desktop for iOS. I want
to be able to run Windows on my iPad.”
As a product manager for Parallels Desktop® for Mac, I receive lots of suggestions from users about features they...
“You should make a Parallels Desktop for Windows.”
I have received
this suggestion many, many times.
The short answer is, “I have done that. Several times.”
The long answer is I have been involved...
This post is part of a series about features unique to Parallels Desktop Pro Edition.
Nowadays, many applications require a network connection for some or even all of their features. Examples range from the simple to the...
Are you an “Insider”? Then this post is important for you.
A feature of Parallels Desktop® for Mac that I use every day is the ability to run beta releases of applications—or even beta releases of entire operating systems...
The Microsoft Office suite has been around a long time. Since 1988 to be exact—in computer years, that’s almost forever. Yet Microsoft is still able to add new, innovative features to the suite, and one of the latest is live closed...
I haven’t been reluctant to criticize Apple® when that criticism is warranted. To be fair, then, I shouldn’t hesitate to praise Apple when praise is warranted. So here I’ll praise Apple for the Find My iPhone feature.
While on a trip to Barcelona, my...
Although Windows 10 is the most-used version of Windows, a lot of people still use Windows 7. According to web-analytics company Net Applications, Windows 10 was running on 47% of all Windows PCs, and Windows 7 on 43%. The numbers are more lopsided for...
Everyone needs passwords—dozens and dozens of them—and most people think they’re a real hassle to remember and use. So you write them on sticky notes (don’t laugh, we’ve all done this, me included) and you re-use the same password for...
