Parallels Desktop 5.0 for Mac
Run Windows on your Mac – Up to 3 times faster
Overview
Now supports Snow Leopard and Windows 7.
With more than 70 new, exciting features and enhancements, Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is faster, smarter and more powerful than ever — helping you run Windows programs and devices seamlessly on your Mac.Now optimised for Snow Leopard, Parallels offers $175 worth of bonus software, including Parallels Internet Security by Kaspersky to protect from virus and spyware threats, plus Acronis True Image and Acronis Disk Director. Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac allows users run dual operating systems and operate all the applications needed without switching between Windows and Mac OS X.
Features
- Install Windows 7, Vista or XP in just three clicks
- Faster than ever. Three times faster than the previous version.
- Enhanced! Optimized for speed — Run it on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, including 64-bit Snow Leopard
- Enhanced! Parallels Transporter — Quickly and easily migrate your entire Windows or Linux system (or 3rd-party VM) to your Mac
- Instant access — Get instant access to your files, folders and data across Windows and Mac OS X with SmartX technologies
- New! Next-gen virtualization — Enjoy maximum performance that the latest Intel VT-x2 virtualization technologies provide
- Unmatched performance — Fully utilize Mac hardware to maximize Windows speed and virtual machine performance
- New! Parallels Compressor — Automatically reclaims hard disk space when not being used, keeping your virtual machine optimized
- Enhanced! Enjoy up to 20% faster USB transfer speeds
- Enhanced! Best-in-class integration — Quickly find all of your Windows apps in the new Windows applications folder in the Dock
- New! Full support for Aero and Flip 3D — the premium desktop graphics experience in Window 7 and Vista with OpenGL 2.1 support
- On-demand Power — Adaptive Hypervisor automatically optimizes performance as you move between operating systems
- Smart Auto Start — Define specific VMs to automatically boot during startup for faster access
- Smart Shared Folders — Over a network or on your desktop, share data, files, and folders between Windows and Mac OS X
- New! Windows 3D Graphics — Run games and 3D graphics applications with DirectX 9Ex with Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.1 support for optimal performance
- New! OpenGL 2.1 support for Linux guest Oss — Parallels Desktop is the first virtualization product for the Mac to provide the full Linux 3D experience, side-by-side with your Mac, complete with Compiz.
- Maximum Video Performance — 256 MB video RAM support drives faster, smoother video output
- QuickClick — Enjoy faster, smooth response to user interaction
Smarter
- New! MacLook Theme — Transform Windows applications by making them look like native Mac applications
- New! Crystal Mode — Pull the shades on Windows altogether. Access Windows and Mac apps from the Mac Dock
- Coherence — Run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side as if both operating systems have melted together into one.
- Window — Choose to run your Virtual Machine as a separate window alongside your Mac apps.
- Modality — View all your Virtual Machines and programs running in transparent windows working in Mac OS X.
- Full Screen — Don’t give up the familiarity of Windows. Replace your Mac desktop with Windows 7, Vista, or XP
- New! Apple Gestures — Support for Multi-Touch trackpad gestures in Windows applications (yes, even 4-finger ones)
- New! Remote Control — Use Apple remote to control Windows applications or download our free iPhone app to manage virtual machines remotely
- Exposé — Easily organize and view all open windows in stunning style with a single keystroke
- Spaces — Group our windows and reduce clutter by switching between views of open applications and windows
- Easy to use — Start, stop and configure your virtual machines more easily with our new interface
- SmartSelect™ — Open Windows files with Mac apps and Mac files with Windows apps. Set on the fly or as your default.
- Enhanced! Drag and drop — Move files, folders, images and data seamlessly back and forth between Windows and Mac OS X
- New! Smart Copy & Paste — Move formatted text and graphics between Windows, Linux and Mac apps without losing formatting
- New! Start menu integration — Launch Windows and Mac apps right from the Dock. Easy access to all of your Windows applications from the Windows applications file.
- Speech Recognition — Use select voice commands to talk to Parallels Desktop and just tell it what you want
- Clips — Share screenshots across Windows and Mac OS X with this easy-to-use, one-click tool
- Enhanced! USB Compatibility — Improved USB device compatibility with printers, cameras, mobile phones, scanners, GPS and more
- Enhanced! Multiple Monitors — Run Mac and Windows applications on more than one monitor for more flexibility
- SmartMount — Mount removable devices to Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously for instant access across both systems
More Powerful
System Requirements
Software Requirements
Primary Operating System: Mac OS® X Tiger 10.4.11 or higher running on an Intel® Mac
Mac OS® X 10.5.2 or higher
Mac OS® X 10.6.x (32 bit and 64 bit) or higher running on an Intel® Mac.
Hardware Requirements
- Mac Computer
Support for any 32- or 64-bit Intel®-based Mac: - iMac
- Mac mini
- MacBook
- MacBook Pro
- MacPro Tower
- MacBook Air
Processors
Support for any 32- or 64-bit any Intel® Core Duo processor featured in new Intel® Macs:
- Intel® Core Solo
- Intel® Core Duo
- Intel® Core 2 Duo
- Intel® Dual-Core Xeon
Includes full support for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT)
Memory Requirements
- 1 GB minimum available memory (2 GB recommended for Vista or Windows 7).
- Support for any memory configuration (up to 16 GB), without modifying your host system
Disk Space
- Software Installation – 450 MB of available hard drive space for Parallels Desktop for Mac installation. (Does not include hard drive space for guest virtual machine.)
- Virtual Machine Installation – Hard drive space allocation for virtual machines is dependent upon the guest operating system. 15 GB of available hard drive space is recommended per virtual machine for Windows and Linux
CD-ROM
- CD-ROM drive for installation (if applicable)
Networking
- Internet connection is required to receive online Parallels Desktop for Mac 5 product updates
Display
- 16-bit or 32-bit display adapter recommended
Software Requirements
Virtual machine operating systems – such as Windows, Linux, and Solaris – are not included.
Guest OS Windows:
- 3.1
- 3.11
- 95
- 98
- NT
- 2000
- XP
- Vista Business, Ultimate, Enterprise,
- Home and Home Premium
- Windows 7
Linux:
- SUSE
- Red Hat
- Debian
- Fedora Core
- Mandriva
- Xandros
- Other:
- FreeBSD
- OS/2
- eComStation
- Solaris
- MS-DOS
- OpenBSD 3.8
Hardware Requirements
- Processor: Virtualized Processor of the Host computer
- Motherboard: Generic motherboard compatible with Intel i815 chipset
- Memory: Up to 1500 MB RAM available for guest virtual machines
- Keyboard: 104-key Windows enhanced keyboard
- Mouse: PS/2 wheel mouse
- Display:
- VGA and SVGA with VESA 3.0 support
- 3D Graphics Support
- IDE Drives
- Up to 4 IDE Devices; CD/DVD-ROM Drives, Virtual Hard drives or any combination of the two.
- Virtual Hard Drive from 20 MB up to 120 GB each
- Floppy Drives: 1.44 Floppy drive mapped to FDD image file
- CD Drives
- CD/DVD-ROM drives mapped to physical drive or ISO image file
- Burn CDs and DVDs directly in virtual machines, play audio CDs, and read data from copy-protected
- CDs and DVDs.
- Sound Card AC’97-compatible sound card. Sound recording is supported
- Serial Ports Up to four Serial (COM) Port mapped to a socket or to an output file
- Parallels Ports Up to three bi-directional parallel (LPT) ports mapped to output file
- Ethernet© Cards
- Up to 5 Virtual NIC’-s
- Ethernet virtual network card compatible with RTL8029 bridged to Apple Ethernet or Apple Airport
- adapter, connected to host-only or shared networking
- USB Ports USB 2.0 Support; 8 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 1.1 ports
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