The Parallels Desktop for Mac, from Parallels Inc, has won the MacUser Award in 2006, been MacWord Editr's Choice; Macworld Best of Show, and figures in PC World's 20 Most Innovative Products, and has accolades from BBC News, LifeHacker, The Washington Times and many more.

The Apple Mac is a great platform, but sometimes software is just not available for it due to it being a minority market, and relatively expensive to develop software for. The smaller market and closed hardware platform means that for small publishers it is not economical : and small publishers is often where the best deals can be found.

The PC and Mac machines are quite different under the hood, and so Windows is not terribly well supported under Mac. The best solution to run Windows applications on the Mac would be just to run Windows. But, you also want to run MacOS next to it.

WinXP Pro in MacOS X!

The Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualizes a Windows installation. This means that Windows runs inside MacOS as a virtual operating system. This feature allows the user to run both operating systems at the same time.

One key advantage is the possibility to transfer data between the two operating systems, using each ones built in copy and paste keystrokes.

It is even possible to run multiple virtual machines and copy data across them, too. Imagine running several Windows platforms of different flavours, inside MacOS, with other native Mac applications running at the same time.

No need to sacrifice choice for one platform or the other like most solutions!

The Parallels Desktop also makes installation of Windows on the Mac easier, and gives one environment for all applications. If ever the Mac needs to be changed for a more powerful model, the user can migrate to new machine with built-in tools, without reinstalling the Windows virtual PC.

Some key features of the Parallels Desktop are:

• Full USB support
• Full Support for OS X and Vista
• Automatic Network Configuration
• Uses Intel Technology for best Windows Performance

In fact, all of the available peripherals can be swapped between whether they are USB or network connected. The MacOS machine remains in control of the virtual Windows installations. This also allows the user to run Windows applications with one click from MacOS.

Finally, Windows applications of all kinds on the Mac, without getting rid of MacOS.

For those wanting to dip their toes in the water, there is a free trial, and once you are convinced, the package boasts a great price.

So, even if you are a newcomer to the world of Mac, you can bring your Windows baggage with you and get the best of both worlds.

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