Parallels Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Discover Mac desktops in Microsoft SCCM with Parallels Management

by Michael Rose (Jan 31st, 2013)

Along with its presence here at Macworld/iWorld and MacIT this week, virtualization heavyweight Parallels has a new offering to help big businesses and other large-scale enterprises wrangle their growing (and sometimes unpredictable) Mac populations in the context of the Windows-centric ...

MacTech finds Parallels beating VMWare Fusion again in annual virtualization rundown

by Mike Schramm (Jan 30th, 2013)

MacTech has posted its annual rundown of benchmarks between two of the most popular virtualization solutions out there on the Mac: VMware Fusion 5 and Parallels Desktop 8. Both are of course used to run Windows-compatible software inside of an OS X environment, and especially on the high end IT ...

Newegg offering Parallels Desktop 7 for $10 after rebate

by Randy Nelson (Nov 5th, 2012)

If you've been eyeing the popular virtualization software Parallels Desktop, online retailer Newegg has a deal on it this week you don't want to miss. The site is currently offering Parallels Desktop 7 for US$9.99 after a $20 mail-in rebate. Now, there are some obvious caveats with this deal. ...

Daily Update for July 17, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 17th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Bertrand Serlet joins Parallels board of directors

by Steven Sande (Jul 17th, 2012)

This just in... Parallels, the company behind the popular Parallels Desktop virtualization software for Mac OS X, announced that Bertrand Serlet has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Serlet was the senior vice president of software engineering at Apple, and was responsible for ...

Parallels Desktop 7 gets the Retina Display treatment

by Mike Schramm (Jul 11th, 2012)

Parallels has announced that its popular virtualization software is ready for the Retina Display MacBook Pro. Parallels Mobile was updated for iOS device Retina Displays earlier this year. The desktop software has now followed suit and is ready to let you see OSes such as Windows 8 and Windows ...

MacUpdate bundle includes Parallels, Civ, ScreenFlow, ending soon

by Mike Schramm (Jun 21st, 2012)

There's only about a day left as of this posting in the latest MacUpdate Bundle, and it's a phenomenal deal for sure. For $49.99, they're offering a cornucopia of great desktop software: Parallels 7, ScreenFlow 3, Civilization V (!), stream recorder Jaksta, encrypter Espionage 3, Speed Download ...

Parallels Mobile updated for Retina display

by Steven Sande (May 2nd, 2012)

The Parallels Mobile app (US$4.99 intro price, regular price $19.99) received an update today that provides support for the Retina display on the new iPad. The update is free to all existing users of Parallels Mobile. Parallels Mobile is designed to allow remote operation of virtual machines ...

MacTech benchmarks Parallels and VMware Fusion

by Mike Schramm (Nov 2nd, 2011)

The 2011 MacTech Conference starts up here in Los Angeles today, and TUAW will have reports and interviews live from the conference all week. Before things begin, however, MacTech has been busy benchmarking (as usual). Its latest benchmarking showdown features virtualization software options ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me run Windows on Mac

by Erica Sadun (Sep 8th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I am new to the Mac community, and there are some programs that are unsupported on the Mac and I know there are a few options to run Windows on a Mac. When I search online for the best options and answers to my questions (what is the best option, do I need a Windows ...

Lion to allow two virtualized instances of Mac OS X per machine

by Michael Rose (Jul 3rd, 2011)

The virtualization story for Mac OS X is about to change dramatically, and for the better, as Lion's licensing changes the rules for virtual machines. For some enterprise deployments, virtual Mac OS X environments are the Holy Grail: giving access to Mac-only applications on demand without ...

Parallels pairs Server app with Mac mini

by Mel Martin (May 11th, 2011)

Here's something worthwhile for small businesses to consider. Parallels is offering a Mac mini edition of its Server for Mac 4.0. It might be just the thing for a business or end user that wants to consolidate a few servers on one low cost piece of hardware. The software allows a user to run Mac, ...

MacTech compares Windows games running with Parallels 6

by Chris Ward (Feb 23rd, 2011)

If you're a fan of Windows games and looking to play some of the latest titles on your Mac, your luck is in according to a MacTech test of game playability under virtualization with Parallels 6 (and not under VMware Fusion). They spent several weeks testing 20 top Windows games on MacBook Pros ...

Parallels weirds us out with this Eminem/Avatar Mac parody

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2010)

A warning: The video after the break is one of the weirdest things we've ever seen promoting the Mac OS. Sure, it's from Parallels, and sure, the virtualization software guys know how to sell a switch over to the Mac. But here they've chosen to do it in an extremely weird way, by creating a parody ...

Parallels Desktop 6 coming September 13, with better 3D support and Windows/Mac integration

by Mike Schramm (Sep 9th, 2010)

Parallels, Inc. has taken the wrappings off of its new desktop virtualization software (yes, the same app which was already spotted on some store shelves -- looks like a few retailers jumped the gun), and provided TUAW with a look. The update adds over 80 new and enhanced features, with better ...