Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac

✔SALE: 40% OFF Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac 4.4 out of 5 stars CONSUMER REVIEWS(375) Use a wide variety of 3D design programs and games with full DirectX 9.0c/9Ex and Shader Model 3 support Use the graphics capabilities and unique features in Windows applications whether you?re a gamer, student, architect, designer or engineer Use Mac OX Lion features like Launchpad and Mission Control with your Windows applications Seamlessly run Windows and its applications side by side with Mac OS X and its applications on a single Mac Moving your old PC to a Mac is a breeze; if you need Windows, conveniently purchase and download it in the new Parallels Wizard Price: $79.95 Deal Price: $48.00

Description With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac OS X Lion applications side-by-side with speed, control and confidence. Setting up Parallels Desktop for Mac is simple both Windows and Mac OS X - on one seamless desktop. Multiple view modes make it possible for you to customize the level of integration between Mac and Windows without compromising performance. Parallels Mobile App for iPhone and iPad links you back to the to your Mac and Windows applications. You can even use Mac OS X Lion features like Launchpad and Mission Control with your Windows applications, and run Mac OS X Lion as a guest operating system. I am not going to go into my whole experience with Parallels. I have had good and bad with all versions. The problem is three fold in how well Parallels will work. You have the host OS which can be Snow Leopard (very mature) Lion (has its own quirks yet) or maybe your still with Leopard. The second is your hardware, because running not only a Mac OS but then a program that runs in OS X and also runs a version of Windows is going to need RAM and a decent CPU. The third thing is to decide if you want to run Windows native too for things like gaming. If so consider installing BootCamp from Apple first. Its free and it will make Parallels easier too.Now for Parallels 7 review. It is faster on my 2010 Macbook Air then Parallels 6 to a point. I am limited to 2GB RAM so any virtual OS is going to have to deal with that limitation. If you don't tend to run a lot of programs in OS X and/or Windows at once then 2GB will do. But you will notice slowdowns at times. If you have Lion OS... I have been using VMWare Fusion almost since it was released, and have been generally happy with it. However, after a recent update my machines seem to have slowed down, and VMWare consumes a lot of CPU even when my virtual machines are idle. I decided to try Parallels 7, and I am SO GLAD that I did. It is way faster, way more polished, and easy to customize the way I like. I wish I would have switched years ago!!! Importing from my VMWare machines as as simple as pressing a button ... it was all automatic and worked perfectly for me. I like to run in "full screen" mode when I am using Windows, and Parallel's Lion support makes this much smoother (each machine in full screen mode gets its own "space" in OSX Lion).Anyone who is using VMWare and who isn't totally happy with it should consider switching now!!!p.s. VMWare Fusion users can get a copy for $29 from Parallel's web site ... do a google search to find the order page. You just need to enter your VMWare... I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned this, I'm a new user of Parallels 7 and I've been getting pop-up ads since install last weekend. Maybe this is a new "feature"?This is an expensive piece of visualization software and I don't need it suggesting software trials for me to install on the VM host of all places, that surprised me more than if it want to put it on the guest.I'll won't be purchasing products from Parallels ever again.