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Discover Parallels Desktop for Mac Parallels Desktop for Mac is simply the world’s bestselling, top-rated, and most trusted solution for running Windows applications on your Mac. With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac OS X applications side-by-side with speed, control and confidence.
Seamless Simplicity Run Windows programs like they were native to your Mac. Setting up Parallels Desktop for Mac is simple and quick. Enjoy the best of both worlds — Windows and Mac OS X - on one seamless desktop.
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.
Key Features
Immersive Gaming and Graphics Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac delivers an immersive environment for gaming, music, movies, and more with support for Surround Sound 5.1 and superior 3D graphics rendering speeds.
Simple, Smart, Seamless Setting up and using your virtual machine is easier than ever, whether you are a hard-core Mac enthusiast, a multi-platform pro or are moving to a Mac for the first time
Manageability and Mobility Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac includes all-new features for protecting your Mac, your virtual machine, your data and your family – wherever you roam.
Enhanced Performance You don’t need to be an IT Pro to appreciate the dramatically improved battery life, full 64-bit power and security available in the virtual machines you create with Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac.
System Requirements
Hardware Requirements
Any Macintosh computer with an Intel processor (1.66 GHz or greater). To run 64-bit operating systems in virtual machines, an Intel Core 2 or higher processor is required.
Minimum 1 GB of memory, 2 GB of memory is recommended.
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 Requirements
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 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.
To get information about your Mac OS X version, type of processor, and amount of memory, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu.
Supported Guest 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 5.x, 4.x
Fedora 14, 13, 12
Ubuntu 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 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 5.x
Fedora 14, 13, 12
Ubuntu 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
Parallels Desktop 6 Switch to Mac Edition Requirements
Mac Requirements
Any Macintosh computer with an Intel processor (1.66 GHz or greater). To run 64-bit operating systems in virtual machines, an Intel Core 2 or higher processor is required.
Minimum 1 GB of memory, 2 GB of memory is recommended.
1 GB of disk space on the boot volume for Parallels Desktop 6 Switch to Mac installation.
About 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine. Supported Mac OS versions: Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.3 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.
To get information about your Mac OS X version, type of processor, and amount of memory, choose About This Mac from the Apple menu.
PC Requirements
700 (or higher) MHz x86 or x64 processor (Intel or AMD).
256 MB or more of RAM.
50 MB of hard disk space for installing Parallels Transporter Agent.
Ethernet or WiFi network adapter for migrating over network.
USB port for migrating using the Parallels USB cable.
Supported Windows and Linux versions: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Ubuntu Linux 8.04.
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