Windows apps on OS X 'Launchpad' – Add Windows apps to the Mountain Lion or Lion Launchpad to quickly launch Mac and Windows apps you use the most.Drag & Drop email attachments – Simply drag and drop files from the desktop onto the Doc Icons for Outlook or other Windows email clients.

Speak! Don’t Type! – Use Mountain Lion’s Dictation tool across both Windows and Mac.

Download and use pre-built virtual machines from Parallels Virtual Appliances Library.

Browse the images of your virtual machines directly from Mac using Parallels Explorer.

Migrate your Windows PC into a virtual machine using Parallels Transporter.

Achieve optimal virtual machine performance and reduce virtual hard disk file size by 50% or more with Parallels Compressor.

Use USB 2.0 devices in the virtual machine.

Burn CDs or DVDs from the virtual machine using your Mac optical drive.

Run your Boot Camp partition via virtual machine.

Quickly create a virtual machine and install the guest operating system with OS Installation Assistant.

Save the running virtual machine state and revert to it at any time.

Use Coherence mode, drag-and-drop, copy-and-paste, transparent file associations to achieve seamless integration and maintain a single, integrated environment for all of your applications.

Achieve a high level of performance for Windows on your Mac by leveraging Intel VT - an industry-leading solution supported by Parallels Software.

Work in Shared Networking mode that ensures seamless connection to any network from Windows via any connection your Mac uses.

Run your favorite Mac OS and Windows applications at the same time without rebooting.

Note: To be able to download and use the trial version of Parallels Desktop you will have to request a trial license key from here. To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your Mac, Parallels Desktop includes several utilities: Parallels Tools for seamless integration between your Mac and the virtual machine, Parallels Transporter for moving from PC to Mac, and Parallels Mounter for accessing your virtual machine's files and folders without starting it.

create Parallels virtual machines from physical computers and third-party virtual machines.

concurrently work with the files and applications from your Mac and your virtual machine.use Windows and Linux applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications, without restarting your Mac.use 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems inside your virtual machines.create powerful and easy to use virtual machines.You can install a Windows, Linux, or other operating system in each of your virtual machines, and work with them and their applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications.īuilt on Parallels' award-winning hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Desktop enables you to: Parallels Desktop will enable you to quickly and easily create virtual machines on most Intel-based Macs.

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