About Parallels Desktop

Parallels Desktop® is a virtualization solution that enables you to create virtual machines on Macintosh computers with Intel® processors (1.66 GHz and faster). You can install a Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, or another operating system in each of your virtual machines, and work with them and their applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications.

Built on Parallels' award-winning hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Desktop enables you to:

• create powerful and easy to use virtual machines
• use 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems inside your virtual machines
• use Windows and Linux applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications, without need to restart your Mac
• coherently work with the files and applications of your Mac and virtual machine
• create Parallels virtual machines from physical computers and third-party virtual machines

To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your Macintosh computer, Parallels Desktop for Mac includes several utilities: Parallels Transporter®, Parallels Explorer®, Parallels Image Tool, and Parallels Compressor®.

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