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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac

  • Price: $59.99
  • B&H # PAPDT8M
  • Mfr# PDFM8L-OEM1DVD-EN

Product Highlights

  • Run Windows and OS X Apps Side-by-Side
  • Use Mountain Lion Dictation Tools on PC
  • Add Windows Apps to OS X Launchpad
  • 30% Faster for 3D Graphics
  • 25% Faster for Windows Start/Stop/Resume
  • Improved Graphics
  • Optional Parallel Mobile App
  • Retina Display with Windows Apps
  • Drag and Drop Email Attachments
  • No Rebooting

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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac is the upgrade for Parallels Desktop 7, and now features the use of Mountain Lion's Dictation tool across both PC and Mac, drag and drop simplicity for email attachments, and an enhanced Parallels Mobile App for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch.

Parallels Desktop for Mac allows you to run Windows apps and programs side-by-side with your Mac OS. Using an Intel-based Mac as your starting point, you can run your favorite PC games, applications or programs from your Mac desktop. No more dual-system rebooting, no more compatibility checks - if it runs on your PC, it should run on Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac.

The Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac adds new features, like a 30% increase in graphics performance compared to previous versions, or a 25% increase in speed when you start, stop and resume Windows. There is also an enhanced Parallels Mobile App (sold separately through the App Store), which allows you to copy-and-paste, enjoy audio, and access your Mac and Windows programs with your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

Other enhancements include the option to add Windows apps to the Mountain Lion or Lion Launchpad to quickly launch Mac and Windows apps you use the most, or the ability to enjoy your Retina display with your Windows apps. You can also drag and drop files from the desktop onto the Doc Icons for Outlook or other Windows email clients to add them as email attachments.

Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac takes advantage of Mac OS X Mountain Lion's features and applies them to Windows programs, like support for Launchpad, Dictation, Notification Center and Mission Control. If you ever wanted to experience life with dual systems, this is the program that allows you to do it.

Seamless Simplicity
With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can run both Windows and Mac OS X Lion applications side-by-side with speed, control and reliability.
Innovation
Setting up Parallels Desktop for Mac is simple. Bring all your PC programs, documents, photos, music and browser bookmarks to your Mac, then run them all like they were made for your Mac - without rebooting.
Performance and Personalization
Experience as much or as little Windows as you want. Multiple view modes make it possible for you to customize the level of integration between Mac and Windows without compromising performance.
Hardware Requirements • A Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor.
• Minimum 2 GB of memory (4 GB of memory is recommended to run Windows 7 in a virtual machine or if your host OS is Lion
• About 500 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop installation.
• About 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine.
Software Specification
Software Requirements Macintosh Computers
• Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
• Mac OS X Lion 10.7
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later
• Mac OS X Leopard v10.5.8 or later

Note: Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.x is not supported in this version of Parallels Desktop.
Supported Operating Systems 32-Bit Operating Systems
•Windows 7
•Windows Vista SP 0, SP 1, SP 2
•Windows Server 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
•Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
•Windows XP Professional SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
•Windows XP Home SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
•Windows 2000 Professional SP4
•Windows 2000 Server SP4
•Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6
•Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6
•Windows ME
•Windows 98 SE
•Windows 95
•Windows 3.11
•MS-DOS 6.22
•Red Hat Enterprise 6.x, 5.x, 4.x
•Fedora 15, 14, 13, 12
•Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04, 10.10, 10.04, 9.10, 9.04, 8.10
•CentOS 5.x, 4.x
•Debian 5.0
•Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11, 10 SP2
•Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
•OpenSUSE Linux 11.x
•Mandriva 2010, 2009
•Solaris 10
•Open Solaris 2009.06
•FreeBSD 8.x, 7.x
•OS/2 Warp 4.5, 4
•eComStation 1.2
•Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 (on Lion or Mountain Lion only)
•Mac OS X Lion Server 10.7
•Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
•Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x

64-Bit Operating Systems
•Windows 7
•Windows Vista SP 0, SP 1, SP 2
•Windows Server 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
•Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
•Windows XP Professional SP2
•Red Hat Enterprise 6.x, 5.x
•Fedora 15, 14, 13, 12
•Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04, 10.10, 10.04, 9.10, 9.04, 8.10
•CentOS 5.x
•Debian 5.0
•Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11, 10 SP2
•Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
•OpenSUSE Linux 11.x
•Mandriva 2010, 2009
•Solaris 10
•Open Solaris 2009.06
•FreeBSD 8.x,7.x
•Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
•Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x

Includes experimental support for 32- and 64-bit Windows 8 Developer and Consumer Previews.
Virtual machine operating systems - such as Windows, Linux, and Solaris - are not included.
Parallels Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac
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  • REVIEW SNAPSHOT®

    by PowerReviews
    Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac
     
    4.5

    (based on 82 reviews)

    Ratings Distribution

    • 5 Stars

       

      (55)

    • 4 Stars

       

      (19)

    • 3 Stars

       

      (6)

    • 2 Stars

       

      (0)

    • 1 Stars

       

      (2)

    95%

    of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

    Pros

    • Easy to install (64)
    • Easy to navigate (45)
    • Fast (44)
    • Great value (44)
    • Good power output (32)

    Cons

    • Slows down system (10)
    • Compatibility issues (7)
    • Hard to install or upgrade (3)

    Best Uses

    • Home use (38)
    • Business (36)
    • Educational purposes (18)
    • Multimedia (12)
      • Reviewer Profile:
      • Quality oriented (60), Budget shopper (9)
      • Primary use:
      • Personal (49), Business (21)
      • Computer Platform:
      • Mac (70)

    Most Liked Positive Review

     

    Good, not great

    I use Parallels 8 to do computer programming on Windows. For the most part I've been happy with it. The performance in my use seems to be on par with Virtual Box by Oracle....Read complete review

    I use Parallels 8 to do computer programming on Windows. For the most part I've been happy with it. The performance in my use seems to be on par with Virtual Box by Oracle.

    There are a handful of things Parallels performs great at: I like the fact they automatically setup advance options like sharing drives and keyboard shortcuts. This allows me to switch back and forth between platforms with ease. However I feel that the default Coherence Mode setup is too tightly coupled – especially with the Crystal Mode option. I switched back to either using full-screen or Modularity.

    My gripes would primarily be with the mouse drives. For some reason the scrolling is just ridiculously fast. I tried everything recommended on the Parallels forums and by googling. Both to no avail.

    Essentially the mouse will scroll too fast with my scroll wheel (even with it set to one line at a time in Control Panel). The touchpad on my Mac seems to work great but not my USB mouse. The only way I found around this issue was to attach the USB mouse directly to my Windows VM which makes it unusable on OSX. This is not exactly a win because I have to revert to using my Mac trackpad when I switch to an App on OSX.

    I also had issues with the Retina display (however it's more or less a Windows issue because of how they do font scaling. I probably will stick this out for a while and if they improve these issues I will keep with them going forward, otherwise I'll head back to Virtual Box.

    VS

    Most Liked Negative Review

     

    Defective Software

    The software currently shipped cannot be installed. The user license agreement cannot be accepted and stays grayed out for both the CD version and the download. Contacted tech support and they gave me a ...Read complete review

    The software currently shipped cannot be installed. The user license agreement cannot be accepted and stays grayed out for both the CD version and the download. Contacted tech support and they gave me a special download link and I am trying it now. Support Chat with parallels showed other users having the same problem. Operating system OSX Lion, the latest.
    The app for the iphone is defective as well, check the reviews on itunes.

    Reviewed by 82 customers

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    5.0

    Indispensable!!

    By Mr. Ruffles

    from Brasília - Brazil

    About Me Quality Oriented

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Easy To Install
    • Fast
    • Powerful

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Business
      • Home Use

      Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

      Every Mac user must have!

      • Primary use:
      • Personal
      • Computer Platform:
      • Mac

      Share this review

       
      1.0

      A CD without a CD drive -not a good idea

      By joe

      from NY

      About Me Quality Oriented

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

        Cons

          Best Uses

            Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

            My Macbook 13" has no CD drive, so i cannot use this. There should really be a downloadable version of this.

            • Primary use:
            • Personal
            • Computer Platform:
            • Mac

            Share this review

             
            5.0

            IT's a must have in my mac!

            By Cezär Motta

            from Florianópolis / SC - Brazil

            About Me Value Oriented

            See all my reviews

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Easy To Install
            • Easy To Navigate
            • Fast
            • Great Value
            • Perfect
            • Powerful

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Business
              • Pro Photographer

              Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

              Perfect! Make my mac wider, making it possible to be more compatible with all softwares new or old that are made only for windows.

              • Primary use:
              • Business
              • Computer Platform:
              • Mac

              Share this review

               
              4.0

              Good, not great

              By JonOSX-010101

              from South Carolina, USA

              About Me Quality Oriented

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Easy To Install
              • Easy To Navigate

              Cons

              • Compatibility Issues

              Best Uses

              • Business
              • Home Use

              Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

              I use Parallels 8 to do computer programming on Windows. For the most part I've been happy with it. The performance in my use seems to be on par with Virtual Box by Oracle.

              There are a handful of things Parallels performs great at: I like the fact they automatically setup advance options like sharing drives and keyboard shortcuts. This allows me to switch back and forth between platforms with ease. However I feel that the default Coherence Mode setup is too tightly coupled – especially with the Crystal Mode option. I switched back to either using full-screen or Modularity.

              My gripes would primarily be with the mouse drives. For some reason the scrolling is just ridiculously fast. I tried everything recommended on the Parallels forums and by googling. Both to no avail.

              Essentially the mouse will scroll too fast with my scroll wheel (even with it set to one line at a time in Control Panel). The touchpad on my Mac seems to work great but not my USB mouse. The only way I found around this issue was to attach the USB mouse directly to my Windows VM which makes it unusable on OSX. This is not exactly a win because I have to revert to using my Mac trackpad when I switch to an App on OSX.

              I also had issues with the Retina display (however it's more or less a Windows issue because of how they do font scaling. I probably will stick this out for a while and if they improve these issues I will keep with them going forward, otherwise I'll head back to Virtual Box.

              • Primary use:
              • Business
              • Computer Platform:
              • Mac

              Share this review

               
              4.0

              Run Windows, in a window!

              By PhotographerJim

              from Central Florida

              About Me Quality Oriented

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Easy To Install

              Cons

              • Slows Down System

              Best Uses

              • Business

              Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

              It Works.

              Nice to be able to share files between OS X and Windows.

              I could run a bit faster on my MacBook Pro

              • Primary use:
              • Business
              • Computer Platform:
              • Mac

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              5.0

              Excellent Software!

              By Vovan

              from San Francisco, CA

              About Me Quality Oriented

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Easy To Install
              • Easy To Navigate
              • Fast
              • Great Value
              • Powerful

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Business

                Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                It's easy to use, makes the installation of any other OS seamless and so far never crashed.

                • Primary use:
                • Business
                • Computer Platform:
                • Mac

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                5.0

                Great VM software

                By OscarO

                from Miami, FL

                About Me Quality Oriented

                Verified Buyer

                Pros

                • Easy To Install
                • Easy To Navigate
                • Fast
                • Great Value
                • Powerful

                Cons

                  Best Uses

                  • Business
                  • Home Use

                  Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                  Was able to create a windows 8 VM without any sort of hiccups. The W8 VM runs solid as if it were a standalone notebook.

                  • Primary use:
                  • Personal
                  • Computer Platform:
                  • Mac

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                  4.0

                  Came free with Macbook pro

                  By Manu4ever

                  from Cambridge,MA

                  About Me Quality Oriented

                  Verified Buyer

                  Pros

                  • Easy To Install
                  • Easy To Navigate
                  • Fast

                  Cons

                    Best Uses

                    • Home Use

                    Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                    Havent used it much, to write detailed review.
                    Installation is easy, but not intuitive. Bit confusing when it comes to choosing the type of installation for Windows.

                    • Primary use:
                    • Personal
                    • Computer Platform:
                    • Mac

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                    5.0

                    Best of both worlds

                    Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                    Great software. Great for users who want to run both windows and OSX simultaneously.

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                    4.0

                    Parallels Desktop 8

                    By Naono

                    from NEW YORK

                    Verified Buyer

                    Pros

                    • Easy To Install
                    • Easy To Navigate
                    • Fast
                    • Great Value
                    • Powerful

                    Cons

                      Best Uses

                        Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                        This is gift when you purshed the mac.

                        I am a windows person, but I don't run windows on a mac.

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                        5.0

                        Awesome software

                        By HD221

                        from Milford, CT

                        About Me Quality Oriented

                        Verified Buyer

                        Pros

                        • Easy To Navigate
                        • Fast

                        Cons

                        • None

                        Best Uses

                          Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                          Loaded this on my new 15" MBPr it work exactly as they describe. This is a must have if you still have windows software that you do not want to re-purchase for your MAC.

                          • Primary use:
                          • Personal
                          • Computer Platform:
                          • PC

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                          5.0

                          Great Software

                          By Uncle Donald

                          from St. Joseph, MO

                          About Me Quality Oriented

                          Verified Buyer

                          Pros

                          • Easy To Install
                          • Fast
                          • Great Value

                          Cons

                            Best Uses

                            • Business

                            Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                            Best way to run Windows.

                            • Primary use:
                            • Business
                            • Computer Platform:
                            • Mac

                            Share this review

                             
                            5.0

                            slow

                            By thi

                            from pensacola, fl

                            About Me Quality Oriented

                            Verified Buyer

                            Pros

                            • Easy To Install
                            • Easy To Navigate

                            Cons

                            • Compatibility Issues
                            • Difficult To Navigate
                            • Hard To Install or Upgrade
                            • Slows Down System

                            Best Uses

                            • Educational Purposes

                            Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                            not very friendly

                            • Primary use:
                            • Personal
                            • Computer Platform:
                            • Mac

                            Share this review

                             
                            5.0

                            Perfect Tool

                            By DavidB

                            from Brooklyn, NY

                            About Me Quality Oriented

                            Verified Buyer

                            Pros

                            • Easy To Install
                            • Easy To Navigate
                            • Fast
                            • Great Value
                            • Powerful

                            Cons

                              Best Uses

                              • Business
                              • Multimedia

                              Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                              I needed to run windows on my mac and this tool makes it easy especially with the coherence feature which allows you to see windows apps alongside with mac apps providing a seamless experience.

                              • Primary use:
                              • Business
                              • Computer Platform:
                              • Mac

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                              5.0

                              good stuff

                              By humanoid

                              from new york, ny

                              About Me Quality Oriented

                              Verified Buyer

                              Pros

                              • Easy To Install
                              • Easy To Navigate
                              • Fast
                              • Great Value
                              • Powerful

                              Cons

                                Best Uses

                                  Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                  Runs great!

                                  • Primary use:
                                  • Business
                                  • Computer Platform:
                                  • Mac

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                                  5.0

                                  The most advance Run Windows on Mac ever

                                  By hberberoglu

                                  from Chicago, IL

                                  About Me Quality Oriented

                                  Verified Buyer

                                  Pros

                                  • Easy To Install
                                  • Easy To Navigate
                                  • Fast
                                  • Great Value

                                  Cons

                                  • Compatibility Issues

                                  Best Uses

                                  • Business
                                  • Educational Purposes
                                  • Home Use
                                  • Multimedia

                                  Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                  This product is a great choice for the ones who can't live without Windows.

                                  • Primary use:
                                  • Business
                                  • Computer Platform:
                                  • Mac

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                                  5.0

                                  Great option for running Windows-only

                                  By The Green Dragon

                                  from San Jose, CA

                                  Verified Buyer

                                  Pros

                                  • Easy To Install

                                  Cons

                                    Best Uses

                                    • Educational Purposes

                                    Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                    This is great for Windows only software or testing Windows OS (for maybe developing dual OS' compatible apps?) I installed the application but haven't had a chance to install any virtual machines - I'll be comparing this with VMware Fusion and see which one works better for my needs.

                                    • Computer Platform:
                                    • Mac

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                                    4.0

                                    Eases Mac to Windows Transition

                                    By DN

                                    from South Dakota

                                    About Me Quality Oriented

                                    Verified Buyer

                                    Pros

                                    • Great Value

                                    Cons

                                      Best Uses

                                        Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                        Great software. Works seamlessly. Very convenient. Make sure you have at least 8GB of RAM minimum if you want to run this software reliably.

                                        • Primary use:
                                        • Personal
                                        • Computer Platform:
                                        • Mac

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                                        4.0

                                        Nice bundle with MacBook Pro

                                        By 2nfinite

                                        from Sacramento, CA

                                        Verified Buyer

                                        Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                        My wife likes Mac/Win integration and its stable now. I prefer VMware Fusion user interface, USB device compatibility, and VM portability between Windows and Linux.

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                                        5.0

                                        Useful

                                        By Jimmy

                                        from Chicago

                                        Verified Buyer

                                        Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                        Runs the computer a little hot but it's definitely worth it.

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                                        REVIEW SNAPSHOT®

                                        by PowerReviews
                                        Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac
                                         
                                        4.5

                                        (based on 82 reviews)

                                        Ratings Distribution

                                        • 5 Stars

                                           

                                          (55)

                                        • 4 Stars

                                           

                                          (19)

                                        • 3 Stars

                                           

                                          (6)

                                        • 2 Stars

                                           

                                          (0)

                                        • 1 Stars

                                           

                                          (2)

                                        95%

                                        of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

                                        Pros

                                        • Easy to install (64)
                                        • Easy to navigate (45)
                                        • Fast (44)
                                        • Great value (44)
                                        • Good power output (32)

                                        Cons

                                        • Slows down system (10)
                                        • Compatibility issues (7)
                                        • Hard to install or upgrade (3)

                                        Best Uses

                                        • Home use (38)
                                        • Business (36)
                                        • Educational purposes (18)
                                        • Multimedia (12)
                                          • Reviewer Profile:
                                          • Quality oriented (60), Budget shopper (9)
                                          • Primary use:
                                          • Personal (49), Business (21)
                                          • Computer Platform:
                                          • Mac (70)

                                        Most Liked Positive Review

                                         

                                        Good, not great

                                        I use Parallels 8 to do computer programming on Windows. For the most part I've been happy with it. The performance in my use seems to be on par with Virtual Box by Oracle....Read complete review

                                        I use Parallels 8 to do computer programming on Windows. For the most part I've been happy with it. The performance in my use seems to be on par with Virtual Box by Oracle.

                                        There are a handful of things Parallels performs great at: I like the fact they automatically setup advance options like sharing drives and keyboard shortcuts. This allows me to switch back and forth between platforms with ease. However I feel that the default Coherence Mode setup is too tightly coupled – especially with the Crystal Mode option. I switched back to either using full-screen or Modularity.

                                        My gripes would primarily be with the mouse drives. For some reason the scrolling is just ridiculously fast. I tried everything recommended on the Parallels forums and by googling. Both to no avail.

                                        Essentially the mouse will scroll too fast with my scroll wheel (even with it set to one line at a time in Control Panel). The touchpad on my Mac seems to work great but not my USB mouse. The only way I found around this issue was to attach the USB mouse directly to my Windows VM which makes it unusable on OSX. This is not exactly a win because I have to revert to using my Mac trackpad when I switch to an App on OSX.

                                        I also had issues with the Retina display (however it's more or less a Windows issue because of how they do font scaling. I probably will stick this out for a while and if they improve these issues I will keep with them going forward, otherwise I'll head back to Virtual Box.

                                        VS

                                        Most Liked Negative Review

                                         

                                        Defective Software

                                        The software currently shipped cannot be installed. The user license agreement cannot be accepted and stays grayed out for both the CD version and the download. Contacted tech support and they gave me a ...Read complete review

                                        The software currently shipped cannot be installed. The user license agreement cannot be accepted and stays grayed out for both the CD version and the download. Contacted tech support and they gave me a special download link and I am trying it now. Support Chat with parallels showed other users having the same problem. Operating system OSX Lion, the latest.
                                        The app for the iphone is defective as well, check the reviews on itunes.

                                        Reviewed by 82 customers

                                        Sort by

                                        Displaying reviews 1-20

                                        Back to top

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                                        5.0

                                        Indispensable!!

                                        By Mr. Ruffles

                                        from Brasília - Brazil

                                        About Me Quality Oriented

                                        Verified Buyer

                                        Pros

                                        • Easy To Install
                                        • Fast
                                        • Powerful

                                        Cons

                                          Best Uses

                                          • Business
                                          • Home Use

                                          Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                          Every Mac user must have!

                                          • Primary use:
                                          • Personal
                                          • Computer Platform:
                                          • Mac

                                          Share this review

                                           
                                          1.0

                                          A CD without a CD drive -not a good idea

                                          By joe

                                          from NY

                                          About Me Quality Oriented

                                          Verified Buyer

                                          Pros

                                            Cons

                                              Best Uses

                                                Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                My Macbook 13" has no CD drive, so i cannot use this. There should really be a downloadable version of this.

                                                • Primary use:
                                                • Personal
                                                • Computer Platform:
                                                • Mac

                                                Share this review

                                                 
                                                5.0

                                                IT's a must have in my mac!

                                                By Cezär Motta

                                                from Florianópolis / SC - Brazil

                                                About Me Value Oriented

                                                See all my reviews

                                                Verified Buyer

                                                Pros

                                                • Easy To Install
                                                • Easy To Navigate
                                                • Fast
                                                • Great Value
                                                • Perfect
                                                • Powerful

                                                Cons

                                                  Best Uses

                                                  • Business
                                                  • Pro Photographer

                                                  Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                  Perfect! Make my mac wider, making it possible to be more compatible with all softwares new or old that are made only for windows.

                                                  • Primary use:
                                                  • Business
                                                  • Computer Platform:
                                                  • Mac

                                                  Share this review

                                                   
                                                  4.0

                                                  Good, not great

                                                  By JonOSX-010101

                                                  from South Carolina, USA

                                                  About Me Quality Oriented

                                                  Verified Buyer

                                                  Pros

                                                  • Easy To Install
                                                  • Easy To Navigate

                                                  Cons

                                                  • Compatibility Issues

                                                  Best Uses

                                                  • Business
                                                  • Home Use

                                                  Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                  I use Parallels 8 to do computer programming on Windows. For the most part I've been happy with it. The performance in my use seems to be on par with Virtual Box by Oracle.

                                                  There are a handful of things Parallels performs great at: I like the fact they automatically setup advance options like sharing drives and keyboard shortcuts. This allows me to switch back and forth between platforms with ease. However I feel that the default Coherence Mode setup is too tightly coupled – especially with the Crystal Mode option. I switched back to either using full-screen or Modularity.

                                                  My gripes would primarily be with the mouse drives. For some reason the scrolling is just ridiculously fast. I tried everything recommended on the Parallels forums and by googling. Both to no avail.

                                                  Essentially the mouse will scroll too fast with my scroll wheel (even with it set to one line at a time in Control Panel). The touchpad on my Mac seems to work great but not my USB mouse. The only way I found around this issue was to attach the USB mouse directly to my Windows VM which makes it unusable on OSX. This is not exactly a win because I have to revert to using my Mac trackpad when I switch to an App on OSX.

                                                  I also had issues with the Retina display (however it's more or less a Windows issue because of how they do font scaling. I probably will stick this out for a while and if they improve these issues I will keep with them going forward, otherwise I'll head back to Virtual Box.

                                                  • Primary use:
                                                  • Business
                                                  • Computer Platform:
                                                  • Mac

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                                                  4.0

                                                  Run Windows, in a window!

                                                  By PhotographerJim

                                                  from Central Florida

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                                                  Pros

                                                  • Easy To Install

                                                  Cons

                                                  • Slows Down System

                                                  Best Uses

                                                  • Business

                                                  Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                  It Works.

                                                  Nice to be able to share files between OS X and Windows.

                                                  I could run a bit faster on my MacBook Pro

                                                  • Primary use:
                                                  • Business
                                                  • Computer Platform:
                                                  • Mac

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                                                  5.0

                                                  Excellent Software!

                                                  By Vovan

                                                  from San Francisco, CA

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                                                  Pros

                                                  • Easy To Install
                                                  • Easy To Navigate
                                                  • Fast
                                                  • Great Value
                                                  • Powerful

                                                  Cons

                                                    Best Uses

                                                    • Business

                                                    Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                    It's easy to use, makes the installation of any other OS seamless and so far never crashed.

                                                    • Primary use:
                                                    • Business
                                                    • Computer Platform:
                                                    • Mac

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                                                    5.0

                                                    Great VM software

                                                    By OscarO

                                                    from Miami, FL

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                                                    Verified Buyer

                                                    Pros

                                                    • Easy To Install
                                                    • Easy To Navigate
                                                    • Fast
                                                    • Great Value
                                                    • Powerful

                                                    Cons

                                                      Best Uses

                                                      • Business
                                                      • Home Use

                                                      Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                      Was able to create a windows 8 VM without any sort of hiccups. The W8 VM runs solid as if it were a standalone notebook.

                                                      • Primary use:
                                                      • Personal
                                                      • Computer Platform:
                                                      • Mac

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                                                      4.0

                                                      Came free with Macbook pro

                                                      By Manu4ever

                                                      from Cambridge,MA

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                                                      Pros

                                                      • Easy To Install
                                                      • Easy To Navigate
                                                      • Fast

                                                      Cons

                                                        Best Uses

                                                        • Home Use

                                                        Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                        Havent used it much, to write detailed review.
                                                        Installation is easy, but not intuitive. Bit confusing when it comes to choosing the type of installation for Windows.

                                                        • Primary use:
                                                        • Personal
                                                        • Computer Platform:
                                                        • Mac

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                                                        5.0

                                                        Best of both worlds

                                                        Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                        Great software. Great for users who want to run both windows and OSX simultaneously.

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                                                        4.0

                                                        Parallels Desktop 8

                                                        By Naono

                                                        from NEW YORK

                                                        Verified Buyer

                                                        Pros

                                                        • Easy To Install
                                                        • Easy To Navigate
                                                        • Fast
                                                        • Great Value
                                                        • Powerful

                                                        Cons

                                                          Best Uses

                                                            Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                            This is gift when you purshed the mac.

                                                            I am a windows person, but I don't run windows on a mac.

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                                                            5.0

                                                            Awesome software

                                                            By HD221

                                                            from Milford, CT

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                                                            Verified Buyer

                                                            Pros

                                                            • Easy To Navigate
                                                            • Fast

                                                            Cons

                                                            • None

                                                            Best Uses

                                                              Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                              Loaded this on my new 15" MBPr it work exactly as they describe. This is a must have if you still have windows software that you do not want to re-purchase for your MAC.

                                                              • Primary use:
                                                              • Personal
                                                              • Computer Platform:
                                                              • PC

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                                                              5.0

                                                              Great Software

                                                              By Uncle Donald

                                                              from St. Joseph, MO

                                                              About Me Quality Oriented

                                                              Verified Buyer

                                                              Pros

                                                              • Easy To Install
                                                              • Fast
                                                              • Great Value

                                                              Cons

                                                                Best Uses

                                                                • Business

                                                                Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                Best way to run Windows.

                                                                • Primary use:
                                                                • Business
                                                                • Computer Platform:
                                                                • Mac

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                                                                5.0

                                                                slow

                                                                By thi

                                                                from pensacola, fl

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                                                                Verified Buyer

                                                                Pros

                                                                • Easy To Install
                                                                • Easy To Navigate

                                                                Cons

                                                                • Compatibility Issues
                                                                • Difficult To Navigate
                                                                • Hard To Install or Upgrade
                                                                • Slows Down System

                                                                Best Uses

                                                                • Educational Purposes

                                                                Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                not very friendly

                                                                • Primary use:
                                                                • Personal
                                                                • Computer Platform:
                                                                • Mac

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                                                                5.0

                                                                Perfect Tool

                                                                By DavidB

                                                                from Brooklyn, NY

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                                                                Verified Buyer

                                                                Pros

                                                                • Easy To Install
                                                                • Easy To Navigate
                                                                • Fast
                                                                • Great Value
                                                                • Powerful

                                                                Cons

                                                                  Best Uses

                                                                  • Business
                                                                  • Multimedia

                                                                  Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                  I needed to run windows on my mac and this tool makes it easy especially with the coherence feature which allows you to see windows apps alongside with mac apps providing a seamless experience.

                                                                  • Primary use:
                                                                  • Business
                                                                  • Computer Platform:
                                                                  • Mac

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                                                                  5.0

                                                                  good stuff

                                                                  By humanoid

                                                                  from new york, ny

                                                                  About Me Quality Oriented

                                                                  Verified Buyer

                                                                  Pros

                                                                  • Easy To Install
                                                                  • Easy To Navigate
                                                                  • Fast
                                                                  • Great Value
                                                                  • Powerful

                                                                  Cons

                                                                    Best Uses

                                                                      Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                      Runs great!

                                                                      • Primary use:
                                                                      • Business
                                                                      • Computer Platform:
                                                                      • Mac

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                                                                      5.0

                                                                      The most advance Run Windows on Mac ever

                                                                      By hberberoglu

                                                                      from Chicago, IL

                                                                      About Me Quality Oriented

                                                                      Verified Buyer

                                                                      Pros

                                                                      • Easy To Install
                                                                      • Easy To Navigate
                                                                      • Fast
                                                                      • Great Value

                                                                      Cons

                                                                      • Compatibility Issues

                                                                      Best Uses

                                                                      • Business
                                                                      • Educational Purposes
                                                                      • Home Use
                                                                      • Multimedia

                                                                      Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                      This product is a great choice for the ones who can't live without Windows.

                                                                      • Primary use:
                                                                      • Business
                                                                      • Computer Platform:
                                                                      • Mac

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                                                                      5.0

                                                                      Great option for running Windows-only

                                                                      By The Green Dragon

                                                                      from San Jose, CA

                                                                      Verified Buyer

                                                                      Pros

                                                                      • Easy To Install

                                                                      Cons

                                                                        Best Uses

                                                                        • Educational Purposes

                                                                        Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                        This is great for Windows only software or testing Windows OS (for maybe developing dual OS' compatible apps?) I installed the application but haven't had a chance to install any virtual machines - I'll be comparing this with VMware Fusion and see which one works better for my needs.

                                                                        • Computer Platform:
                                                                        • Mac

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                                                                        4.0

                                                                        Eases Mac to Windows Transition

                                                                        By DN

                                                                        from South Dakota

                                                                        About Me Quality Oriented

                                                                        Verified Buyer

                                                                        Pros

                                                                        • Great Value

                                                                        Cons

                                                                          Best Uses

                                                                            Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                            Great software. Works seamlessly. Very convenient. Make sure you have at least 8GB of RAM minimum if you want to run this software reliably.

                                                                            • Primary use:
                                                                            • Personal
                                                                            • Computer Platform:
                                                                            • Mac

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                                                                            4.0

                                                                            Nice bundle with MacBook Pro

                                                                            By 2nfinite

                                                                            from Sacramento, CA

                                                                            Verified Buyer

                                                                            Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                            My wife likes Mac/Win integration and its stable now. I prefer VMware Fusion user interface, USB device compatibility, and VM portability between Windows and Linux.

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                                                                            5.0

                                                                            Useful

                                                                            By Jimmy

                                                                            from Chicago

                                                                            Verified Buyer

                                                                            Comments about Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac:

                                                                            Runs the computer a little hot but it's definitely worth it.

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