When we asked you to tell us the Windows software you most wanted to see on Mac for a chance to win a copy of Parallels 7, there was a big response. The most popular choice? e-tax. More »
Our week of giveaways continues. On offer today? We’ve got five copies of Parallels 7, our favourite virtualisation app for Mac users and the easiest way to run Windows apps in a Mac environment. More »
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If running Windows on your Mac isn’t cutting it for you and you need access through your iOS device, Parallels has released Parallels Mobile for the iPhone, iPod touch and (most appropriately) iPad. More »
Love OS X but have that one stubborn app you can only run on Windows? With the right tools and setup, you can run individual Windows apps seamlessly on your Mac desktop, as though they were always meant to be there. More »
If you’ve had a tough time choosing between Parallels and VMware Fusion for running Windows on your Mac, all-things-Apple site MacTech pitted the two virtualisation tools against one another in a giant faceoff. More »
The Simple Help weblog runs through installing Windows 7 on your Mac using Parallels, so you can experience the hype—from the safety of an easily deletable virtual machine. The installation process is nothing new to most Lifehacker readers, requiring only a copy of the Windows 7 beta, a recent version of Parallels Desktop, and some free time. But this guide has a full walkthrough of all the steps for the less tech-savvy, useful for sharing with friends that aren’t as technically inclined. If you want to use the new Aero-enabled features, you will need to install Windows 7 as a dual-boot OS using Boot Camp instead—Aero doesn’t work inside a virtual machine. If you just want to run Windows 7 alongside your current XP or Vista installations, our guide to dual-booting Windows 7 with XP or Vista is for you. Alternately, you can also multi-boot your Windows 7 desktop with Linux.
How to install Windows 7 in OS X using Parallels Desktop – a complete walkthrough [Simple Help]Curious to see how Windows 7 runs on a Mac using Parallels? The configuration choice isn’t necessarily obvious, but PC Authority editor Zara Baxter advises setting the Parallels installation as ‘Windows 2008 experimental’ in order to play with the beta (which isn’t officially available to the public but is spreading over torrent sites nonetheless). Given that it’s an experimental build and that Parallels has recently upgraded, of course, your mileage may vary. More »
The Windows on Mac virtualization arms race continues: On the heels of a new VMware Fusion 2.0 beta, Parallels Desktop issues a software update that adds support for XP Service Pack 3 and Vista Service Pack 1 for Boot Camp partitions. Here’s more on how to dual boot and virtualise the same Windows partition with Parallels. [via]
If you run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side with Parallels, you may have been annoyed in the past that you can’t use removable volumes (like USB drives) simultaneously in OS X and your Windows virtual machine. Web site Mac OS X Hints details how to remedy this problem with a simple solution: add a shared folder in Parallels that points to /Volumes. Not only will the new shared folder give you access to USB drives, but also your DVD drive and all other mounted volumes on your Mac—and you get it all without having to hassle with individually connecting and disconnecting drives from your virtual machine. I tried to duplicate this method in VMWare Fusion but wasn’t able to select the /Volumes folder. Either way, the Parallels hack is smart and saves a ton of time.
