About Parallels Workstation Extreme

Parallels Workstation Extreme is a virtualization solution that enables you to create virtual machines on computers with Intel® processors (1.66 GHz and faster) and a Windows or Linux operating system installed. You can install a Windows, Linux, or another supported guest operating system in each of your virtual machines and work with them and their applications side by side with the applications of the primary operating system installed on the physical computer.

When installed on computers with Intel VT-d support, Parallels Workstation Extreme can even better utilize the physical hardware by allowing virtual machines to use their own physical PCI Express (PCIe) devices without sharing them with the host computer. The VT-d hardware assistance built into Intel's chipsets enables you to assign physical devices directly to the virtual machine, making them invisible to the host computer they are physically plugged into. Owing to this technology, Parallels virtual machines can achieve a very high level of performance.

Built on Parallels' hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Workstation Extreme enables you to:

• create powerful and easy-to-use virtual machines
• use Windows and Linux applications side by side with the primary operating system applications
• directly connect PCIe graphical and network cards to your virtual machines (if your host computer's processor supports the Intel VT-d technology)

To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your physical computer, Parallels Workstation Extreme includes several add-on utilities:

• Parallels Transporter® for migrating physical computers and third-party virtual machines to Parallels virtual machines
• Parallels Image Tool for maintaining the capacity and other properties of your virtual hard disks
• Parallels Compressor® for compressing the data stored on Windows virtual hard disks