Operating Systems

Parallels Desktop for Mac lets you switch back and forth between Mac OS X and fullscreen Windows XP with a simple keystroke. Or run Windows inside a window right on your Macintosh desktop.

 

Now Mac users can run important applications available only for Windows programs like Microsoft Project, Access, Money, Act!, Goldmine, Hallmark Card Studio and more.

Run Windows as a Virtual Machine Parallel's Compressor Technology ensures optimized performance and hard drive use by reducing the size of your virtual machine by up to 50% or more.

Broad Operating Support Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, OS/x, eComStation and MSDOS. Unmatched Ease of Use Install with just a few clicks and configure with an easy wizarddriven interface.

File Sharing Easily share files between Windows and Mac OS X with a shared folder.

Support for Dual Monitors At your option, each operating system can have its own dedicated screen.

No Hard Drive Partitioning Required

System Requirements

Any Intelpowered Mac (including iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro) running Mac OS X "Tiger" 10.4.6 or later with minimum 512 MB RAM and 30 MB hard disk space.Requires one of the following: Windows XP, 2003, XT, 2000, Me, 98, 95, 3.11 or 3.1; any Linux distribution; FreeBSD; Solaris; OS/2; eComStation; and MSDOS.

Attention Gamers!

Here is a partial list of games that have been confirmed to work with Parallels 3.0 running Windows:

• Alien Arena 2007 (OpenGL)
• Baldur's Gate 2 (Direct3D)
• Call of Duty (OpenGL)
• Counter Strike 1.6 (OpenGL/Direct3D)
• Descent 3 (OpenGL)
• Doom 3 (OpenGL)
• Duke Nukem Manhattan Project (OpenGL)
• Dungeon Siege 2 (Direct3D)
• Far Cry (OpenGL)
• GORE Ultimate Soldier (OpenGL)
• Half Life (OpenGL/Direct3D)
• Max Payne (Direct3D)
• Max Payne 2 (Direct3D)
• Neverball (OpenGL)
• Prey (OpenGL)
• Quake 3 Arena (OpenGL)
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (OpenGL)
• Scorched 3D (OpenGL)Serious Sam The First Encounter (OpenGL)
  
• Serious Sam The Second Encounter (OpenGL)
• SiN (OpenGL)
• Tribes (OpenGL)
• Unreal Tournament 2004 (OpenGL)
• Warcraft 3 (OpenGL)

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