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Parallels Desktop 3 Premium Edition (Mac) | 
| From: Avanquest Software
Category: Software
List Price: £59.99
Buy New: £21.18
You Save: £38.81 (65%)
New (4) Used (1) from £19.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 109
Platforms: Mac Os X, No Operating System
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.8
MPN: WGMT
UPC: 727298406351
EAN: 0727298406351
ASIN: B0014BBQ5M
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Great product if want the best of both Worlds (Mac & PC) January 6, 2009
I could almost live without having a Windows PC, but I do have a few applications which are Windows only, that I couldn't really do without. So finding and reading about Parallels Desktop, I decided it would be the best way that I could have both a Mac and a PC should I need one from time to time.
Installation was very simple, and a lot simpler than I thought it would be. But what really blew me away was how quick I can have a Windows compatible PC up and running when I need it. Roughly 10 seconds is all it takes for starting Windows XP, that must be some kind of record, I've never know any computer to start a Windows operating system so quickly. You won't believe this, but it shuts down even quicker, mine does it in about 5 seconds flat, try to beat that with a real PC.
I have a 2.8GHz iMac with 2GB of ram, and to be honest I thought I would have to put up with a little slowness from the Windows applications that I run, but every one I've installed runs as quick or even quicker than my last PC I had.
I find running the Windows XP operating system at full screen much more preferable to the other options, such as in a Window (no pun intended). I did try the coherence mode but I think most people like myself would probably find that a little off-putting, especially as you end up with an ugly Windows taskbar spoiling the beauty of the Mac OS. I'd recommend using the Spaces feature in Mac OS 10.4 and above to partition the Windows OS to one space, whilst leaving the other spaces for your Mac applications etc. That will provide in my opinion a much simpler way of switching from Mac to PC, and back again.
You have the ability to create mapped drives to your usual Mac folders in the Windows OS, so that you can keep all your Windows created documents in your normal folder structure, rather than saving them on the Virtual machines hard drive.
One thing you have to remember is that some of the symbols on the keyboard (such as @) are in different places in the Windows OS, and I'm not too sure if there's a way of resolving that problem, but you soon get used to that if you've used a PC keyboard before.
If you've made the switch to a Mac (what took you so long, lol) but still miss using some of your PC applications, then I can definitely recommend this as the next best thing to buying another PC. You'll save yourself a lot of money, and a lot of wasted time waiting for the OS on a real PC to boot. And as long as you've got a copy of your OS of choice to hand, be it Windows ME, XP or Vista you're laughing all the way to the software store.
If on the other hand you're still using a PC, but have been tempted to the other side, go for it, you won't be disappointed. You won't have to lose all your precious programs and files, just install them into the Virtual machine and you'll have the best of both worlds. Apple and Microsoft working in perfect harmony, who'd have thought it was possible.
Software that just works October 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great software that got me out of a hole by allowing me to install Windows 2000 on a Mac Pro so that I could run a vital legacy application that only runs on Windows 2000 (an OS long discarded). The software just works, which is exactly what you need. As ever, read the manual to get the most out of it -- especially when it comes to configuring network and display settings.
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