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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac - The #1 choice of customers worldwide to seamlessly run Windows applications on a Mac without rebooting. *Bulk Packed/Install Disc with License* (PDFM8XL-OEM1DVD-EN)

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Parallels

Desktop 8 for Mac

OEM Version | No Retail Box | Run Windows On Your Mac!

Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac is simply the #1 choice of customers worldwide to run Windows and Mac applications side-by-side, without rebooting.
Powerful performance lets you run Windows productivity applications, even graphics intensive ones, with ease. Enjoy the latest Mountain Lion and Lion features in Windows applications. You can even use Mac OS X Mountain Lion features like Launchpad and Mission Control with your Windows applications, and run Mac OS X Lion as a guest operating system.

Need more than Windows? Run Google Chrome, Linux and many other operating system simultaneously. With Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac, you've made the leap to anywhere, anytime, any platform computing.

Whether you're doing it for love or money, Parallels Desktop 8 unites your Windows and Mac worlds into one harmonious whole.

Quick installation, a user friendly interface and Parallels Wizard set everything up quickly and easily. All the time and money you've invested into outfitting your PC, it goes right into your Mac
Mac OS X Mountain Lion support
Experience Mountain Lion's amazing, intuitive features like Launchpad and Mission Control even while running Windows applications
Perfect if you're new to Mac
Start with the familiar look of Windows. Then add more and more of the Mac look, feel and experience to your Windows programs
A must-have in the Mac-based business
An office full of Macs can still run the business-critical PC applications that you, your customers and your partners need. On the go? The Parallels Mobile App for iPad, iPhones and iPod touch connects you with your Mac for whenever-and-wherever access.

Whatever your needs are, run Windows and Mac applications side-by-side with no compromises in performance. It's like your Windows apps were made for your Mac.

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System Requirements

Software Requirements

  • Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
  • Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 or later
  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later
    Note: Mac OS X Leopard v10.5.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.

    Note: Internet connection is required for product activation, updates, and select features.

Hardware Requirements

  • A Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor (Core Solo and Core Duo processors are no longer supported)
  • Minimum 2 GB of memory (4 GB of memory is recommended to run Windows 7 in a virtual machine or if your host OS is Lion)
  • About 700 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop installation
  • About 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine

Supported Guest Operating Systems*

  • 32-bit Operating Systems
    • Windows 7 SP1
    • Windows Vista SP0, SP1, SP2
    • 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 6.x, 5.x, 4.x
    • Fedora 17, 16, 15
    • Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10, 10.04
    • CentOS 5.x, 4.x
    • Debian 6.0, 5.0
    • Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
    • Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
    • OpenSUSE Linux 12.1, 11.4
    • Mandriva 2011, 2010
    • Solaris 10
    • Open Solaris 2009.06
    • Chrome OS
    • FreeBSD 8.x, 7.x
    • OS/2 Warp 4.5, 4e
    • ComStation 1.2
    • Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
    • Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
    • Andriod OS
  • 64-bit Operating Systems
    • Windows 7 SP1
    • Windows Vista SP0, SP1, SP2
    • Windows Server 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
    • Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
    • Windows XP Professional SP2
    • Red Hat Enterprise 6.x, 5.x
    • Fedora 17, 16, 15
    • Ubuntu 12/04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10, 10.04
    • CentOS 6.x, 5.x
    • Debian 6.0, 5.0
    • Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
    • Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
    • OpenSUSE Linux 12.1, 11.4
    • Mandriva 2011, 2010
    • Solaris 10
    • Open Solaris 2009.06
    • Oracle Solaris 11
    • FreeBSD 8.x,7.x
    • Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
    • Mac OS X Lion 10.7x
    • Mac OS X Lion Server 10.7.x
    • Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
    • Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
Includes experimental support for 32- and 64-bit Windows 8 Release Preview.

* — Virtual machine operating systems - such as Windows, Linux, and Solaris - are not included.

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