Parallels

Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit + Parallels Desktop Pro 16 for Mac Bundle. The Mac you love, the Windows you need.
Brand: Microsoft
SKU: MSFFQC0893014P
Price: 219.94 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.83 (12 reviews)

Desktop Pro Edition For Mac
With Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Parallels 1 Year License - Serial Number Only & Windows 10 OEM DVD

Design, develop, and test on your Mac. No need for a separate development machine.

Run Windows and macOS^® simultaneously on a Mac^®

More Power!

Designed with developers, power users, and other demanding professionals in mind. Parallels Desktop® for Mac Pro Edition gives you more processing power, with up to 128 GB of virtual RAM allocated to your VM and up to 32 virtual CPUs.

Multiple Browsers

Have Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11, and Microsoft® Edge right on your dev machine—and all running at the same time. Run incompatible browsers in separate installations of Windows in separate VMs. Plus, test in all of them simultaneously using your favorite web development tool (Dreamweaver®, WordPress, Microsoft® Expression, and more) to make changes to your site. If you regularly use multiple IE versions, try out the Launch tool in Parallels® Toolbox to launch them all at once and save time. (Parallels Toolbox is included with your purchase of Parallels Desktop Pro Edition.)

VM Upload and Transfer

Save time and reduce the bandwidth required for uploading and transferring large virtual machine (VM) files by converting a VM bundle into a single file. Now it’s just an easy upload when transferring to a new Mac.

Develop Menu

Access the Develop menu by selecting "Software Development" as your VM profile, or by enabling "Show Developer Tools" in your VM configuration. From the menu bar, select Develop> and choose from the following tools.

Start SSH Session: Quickly start an SSH session with your VM. This command requires an SSH server running on your VM; calls 'ssh <vm_ip>' command in Terminal.
Open in Browser: Test and open your website in one click.
Start Debugging Session: Start a debugging session directly from Parallels Desktop. Note: Parallels Desktop supports lldb as a debugging front end. It should be installed with the XCode command line tools or XCode.
Generate a Core Dump: Generate the VM memory dump.

Visual Studio Plugin

Debug in a safe, isolated environment. The Parallels plugin for Visual Studio allows you to develop software in one virtual machine and test it in others with just one click. To start remote debugging of your project, build the project and test it locally. Then click Parallels > Start Debugging in the VM and select the virtual machine you need.

Parallels Pro 16 Highlights

Optimized for the latest Windows 10 updates and ready for macOS Big Sur(11.0).
Works with OS X, Windows 10, 8.1, and 7, Google Chrome™, Linux and Unix, and macOS Server. No more having to choose between PC or Mac.
Add Windows applications to Touch Bar™ for instant access and customization.
USB, USB-C, Thunderbolt and FireWire devices connect with Windows. Pair your Bluetooth® devices-including Xbox One controller, stylus pen and printer-to work with both Windows and macOS.
Version 16 supports DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11—all via Apple Metal® and macOS Mojave. With the addition of DirectX 11, you can now run graphic-intensive applications and games.
One-Click Tuning Select productivity, games, design, software testing, or development, and Parallels Desktop will optimize your VM settings and performance for you.
Reuse your existing Boot Camp installation. Converting a virtual machine from Boot Camp is easy, just follow our installation assistant at startup.
Use Apple Pencil® in your favorite Windows applications with added tilt and eraser support. With Sidecar, you can use your iPad as a second display to extend your Windows applications.

Windows 10 Highlights

Expanded Start Menu
Microsoft Edge Web Browser
Cortana Personal Digital Assistant
Multiple Virtual Desktops
Windows Store

Developer Tool Integration

Parallels Desktop Pro Edition can integrate with powerful developer tools to enhance your workflow. (Note: Additional software must be downloaded or purchased separately.)

Vagrant Provider: Download the ready-to-use environment in seconds. Save time with one command: Vagrant Up. If you use Vagrant Share by Hashicorp, grant access to your VM via SSH or HTTP.
Command Line Interface: Use (prlctl, prlsrvctl), to control Parallels Desktop for Mac and virtual machines, their settings, and configuration. Autocompletion for prlctl and prlsrvctl commands in bash.* Allow passing arguments to VM applications. ^{(*bash completion should be installed on Mac.)}
Jenkins: Run your builds in VMs by initiating and managing with Jenkins. Build OS X and iOS apps with Jenkins and continuous integration (CI). With the Jenkins plugin, Parallels Desktop VMs are launched dynamically whenever they are needed to build jobs, and then suspended during idle time for high-density usage of resources.
Nested Hyper-V Support: Parallels Desktop provides nested virtualization support (VT-X technology) that allows you to run Hyper-V and other types of virtual machines and emulators inside.
Docker: Docker Machine Parallels Driver allows you to create Docker hosts locally on Parallels Desktop.
Chef: Quick identification for recipes created from within Parallels VMs.

Test a Beta OS or Update

Take advantage of future public beta OSes from Apple and Microsoft without risking your data. Install a beta macOS or beta Windows release in a virtual machine safely on your Mac.

New update or upgrade released? First test it out in a VM. Save snapshots of a virtual machine. If something goes wrong, you can revert the changes back to any of your snapshots and continue working with the guest OS. Plus, the SmartGuard functionality in Parallells Desktop allows you to automate snapshots' creation.

Download Pre-Built VMs

If you don't have enough time to create a new virtual machine with the required configuration, you can download a ready-to-use one with a predefined configuration.

Simply choose File > New and select from the "Free Systems" section. Pre-built VMs include a full Windows 10 Development Environment with Visual Studio and other tools pre-installed, a wide variety of Windows versions with different IE and Edge browsers pre-installed, Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, CentOS Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Mint Linux, and Android virtual machines.

Parallels Toolbox for Mac & Windows

Parallels® Toolbox offers 30+ one-touch tools. Clean your drive, secure private files, take screenshots or download a video—all with just a single click.

GALLERY
REQUIREMENTS
RATINGS

Screenshots

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements (Mac)

macOS Big Sur 11.0 (when released), macOS Mojave 10.15. macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 or later
A Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor (Core Solo and Core Duo processors are no longer supported)
4 GB of memory (16 GB recommended)
SSD drive is recommended for better performance
Graphics-Intel, AMD Radeon, or NVIDIA
500 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop installation
Additional disk space for virtual machines (varies on operating system installed)
Internet connection for product activation and select features

Notes :

DirectX 11 requires at least macOS Mojave 10.14 but works best on macOS 10.15 Catalina.

Windows 10 Minimum System Requirements:

1 GB RAM for 32-bit; 2 GB for 64-bit
Up to 20 GB available hard disk space
800 x 600 screen resolution or higher. DirectX® 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver
Internet access (fees may apply)
Microsoft account required for some features. Watching DVDs requires separate playback software
Optical drive

Notes :

You must accept the enclosed License Terms, also at microsoft.com/useterms. Activation required, Single license.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Microsoft p/n MSFFQC08930 + PDPRO15-RL1-1Y-NA UPC#: 885370920932

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 4.8 / 5 11 out of 12 (92%) reviewers would recommend this product

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: JJMcDonald Location: Richmond Virginia Age: Over 65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 A great way to make sure you have Office and others December 3, 2019 The hardware for the Mac is rock solid. The software is also Rock solid. But the enterprise of America (and other places) lives by MS Office. and the Windows version integrates more seamlessly then the Mac Version.

To get to Microsoft you either do Boot Camp, or some intermediate layer. I have used VMWare in the past and it is more complex to configure. Parallels just loads and works. and So does the MS Office set of Visio and MS Project (Which Every IT professional needs.)

SO for the use of 2 programs, you have to do Microsoft. And this is the way to get it.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop Pro Edition for Mac - 1 Year License. Customer Videos:

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Salinet Location: Brasil Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 The best May 30, 2017 I always used Parallels. No more to say but IT IS THE BEST.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!. Customer Videos:

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: peterl7 Location: Austarlia Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 good software January 17, 2017 works well

This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!. Customer Videos:

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: TimFrazier69 Location: Nashville, NC Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 5-6 months

Rating: 5/5 Work great and fast. October 24, 2016 I have been using this software on my Mac for some backwards compatibility with MS Windows world and software.

This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free V12 Upgrade*. Customer Videos:

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Sad2Say

Rating: 4/5 Good but 11 is better October 8, 2016 I've gotten lot of good use out of this version of Parallels, but having recently upgraded to 11 (also through OWC), I can say that the latter is a huge improvement. 10 has some fairly evident bugs -- I've never been able to suspend or shut down a virtual machine successfully, for example, and always have to go through a painful boot process after force-quitting the app -- but all appear to have been resolved in 11. As always, however, OWC customer service has been terrific.

This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!. Customer Videos:

Verified Buyer Top 250 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Kankakee, IL Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 4/5 Easy, robust July 8, 2016 I have been using Parallels since version 7. I like the ease of setting up most VM's, though Windoze Upgrades can be tricky. It allows me to run those occasional use Windoze or Linux software without having to keep a dedicated machine. The only drawback that drops it to a 4 star from a 5 is that it restricts the versions of OS X that you can setup. Currently, you can't go any further back that Mavericks. My first Mac Mini was a Snow Leopard machine and sometimes I find that even in a VM, I can get certain tasks accomplished quicker than with all of the bells and whistles of newer versions.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - OWC Customer Exclusive New Version Special.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Austin, TX Age: 35-44 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Superior product for running Windows/Linux in OS X February 23, 2016 I enjoy tinkering with multiple operating systems and was looking for a good way to do this in OS X. Although VirtualBox is free and a good alternative, I was able to get Parallels bundled with my order from OWC. I also like physical media so this was win-win.

I was really impressed with the Coherence mode and enjoyed the easy printer and file sharing - I literally had to configure NOTHING in my guest operating systems to access my desktop printer.

If you want a professional product which provides fantastic integration between OS X and the guest operating systems you want to run, this is for you!

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free V12 Upgrade*.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: The Great White North

Rating: 5/5 Installs easily January 14, 2016 Good price. Installed Windows 7 without a hitch, which is a plus for Windows-:) However, I haven't upgraded to Windows 10 because of bad reports/privacy issues.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free V12 Upgrade*.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Long Beach, CA Age: 25-34 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Great Software January 12, 2016 Love it Easy to install Just follow the steps

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free V12 Upgrade*.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Hobbiest Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Have To Use Windows So.....But Great Price! January 1, 2016 Fast shipping and no issues with the item. Very Satisfied!

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Hobbiest Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Have to Use Windows, so ..... Great price though! January 1, 2016 Fast shipping and no issues with the item. Very Satisfied!

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free V12 Upgrade*.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Australia Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Long Time Supporter November 20, 2015 It works well. The only downside is the constant upgrades with OS versions. Do we really have to pay every single time the OS changes? Surely they could throw a free upgrade for loyal customers. Of course this is a Paralles issue. What great about OWC, the cost of purchasing is discounted when picking up some great hardware. Thats a really good deal.

Thanks OWC.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free V12 Upgrade*.

Verified Buyer Top 100 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: NH

Rating: 5/5 love using my Macbook to run Windows October 27, 2015 best of both worlds on one platform and the OWC bundle pricing cannot be beat.....

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free V12 Upgrade*.

Verified Buyer Top 250 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Genoa, Italy Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Happy Virtualization September 19, 2015 Need to use Windows or Linux on Apple hardware? You can virtualize a PC into Mac OS X with Parallels Desktop to forget you are using applications for other systems.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Indonesia Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 Better than the previous edition August 26, 2015 Easy to install and have better interface than previous edition... Love to use dual os OX & Wind in all of my mac computers...

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Kankakee, IL Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 4/5 Very good solution if you NEED to run Win April 27, 2015 I have been using Parallels almost as long as I have been using a Mac. (~ 5 years) My big concern when switching to the Mac was....would I need to rebuy a lot of the software that I was using. With Parallels the issue was moot. Most of the applications I use are either supplied within OSX or I was able to find cost-effective equivalents. But for the things that I just couldn't afford to replace, Parallels allow me to run them in a Win VM without a hitch.

When Yosemite was released I held off upgrading because I didn't want to pay the full upgrade price. But then I had a HD that was failing so I decided to replace it with an SSD. OWC was offering a hefty discount when purchasing Parallels with an SSD so I opted to upgrade after all.

I currently maintain VM's for WinXP, Win7, Snow Leopard, Mavericks and Linux. Mostly for sandboxing and testing, but the XP VM I have to keep running for some legacy software. On a conventional HD the performance is rather good. But when coupled with an SSD the performance increases dramatically.

The only issue that I have had is that sometimes after upgrading from a previous version, you will need to "re-authorize" your copy of Windows. For XP it worked easily. Win7 was a bit more troublesome.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Marco Island, FL Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 A solid VM environment March 16, 2015 Having been a Parallels user for years, each new version brings better performance and other refinements - v10 continues this tradition. I've explored alternative VMs, but for me, the features and ease of use Parallels provides makes it the clear choice.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer Top 250 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Antioch,CA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 An Easy way to run Multiple OS February 19, 2015 I was looking for an easy way to run multiple OS's on my MBP. I do computer repair and personally have used Linux for years but I like the Apple OS as well. I tend to fix many Windows computers so I needed that one too. Now instead of haveing to carry 3 Laptops to locations I can carry one and take care of all 3 OS's at once.

This software makes installing another OS as easy as getting the Distro or OEM Disk and installing it. Its so simple anyone can do it.

I have tried several Windows software titles and all run well. As do all the Linux software apps I have tried and believe me I really tried to cause a problem.

Great Software...

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer Top 100 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous

Rating: 5/5 Best Version Yet February 1, 2015 I was a Parallel's version 3 user but left for VMware when I ran in to support issues when version 4 was released. I returned to Parallel's when 8 was released and happy that I did. I haven't noticed a considerable difference going from 8 to 10, but took advantage of the upgrade offer when I purchased a Mercury SSD.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: North Carolina Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 3-4 months

Rating: 5/5 easy install January 18, 2015 I was able to install Windows 7 home premium in a flash.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer Top 50 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: central VA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Works as advertised. January 5, 2015 Love it. Installed this and XP Pro. No need to partition a certain amount of space, Parallels does this automatically, I guess. I only have one program I use, so it's easy, but you (I) open to FireFox and go from there. I open Parallels, click on FF, enter the site I want and I'm there. The site I want to go to has "only IE 8 and Windows 7 will work." in their requirements page, I have neither and the site opens as usual. Had to jump through hoops for that, but Parallels 10 made it happen. Very easy.

Can't add any durability info, too new.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Zurrieq, Malta Age: 18-24 Experience Level: Hobbiest Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Great software! December 27, 2014 Being a student, and much of the software is available only on this platform, this software helped me work and browse seamlessly on both operating systems.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer Top 250 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Spain Age: 25-34 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Good price! December 12, 2014 Parallels Desktop is the best OS virtualization software for Mac and at OWC we can get it at a fraction of the official price. That's great!

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: New York Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 4/5 Parallels Continues To Be The Best Virtualization System October 27, 2014 Thank you to OWC for a kind Parallels upgrade discount! I continue to be pleased with the work Parallels has put into Parallels desktop. It offers more features and functionality that all the other options, at least for my needs. It continues to rule the speed and functionality tests. I keep waiting for a moment of regret that I didn't choose the competition instead, and that moment never happens. Please keep up the great work!

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac - OWC Customer Exclusive New Version Special.

Verified Buyer Top 50 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Indiana Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Not the easiest product to configure August 3, 2014 Parallels works for running my old Microsoft apps on the new Mac system, but it takes a lot of room and wasn't the easiest install. I think it would have been easier to make a separate boot partition with a separate install of Windows. On the other hand Parallels had good chat support to get me up and running, and it's nice to be able to punch up an app without rebooting. Just be patient and you should be able to get things working fine.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer Top 250 Contributor

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Fayetteville, GA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Alternative to Bootcamp on a Mac June 21, 2014 I have used VMFusion in the past and have found Parallels to be very good.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 9 (Free Upgrade to v10) for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: SoCal Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 3/5 Ok I guess May 22, 2014 You will only want this if you moved to Mavericks and still run a PC on your Mac. I was happy with the earlier version and only upgraded because OWC gave me a good discount. I have moved almost completely away from the PC side so I don't really feel like I wanted to make the switch and I'm not sue it was worth it except for the compatibility with 10.9.x.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Miami, FL Age: 35-44 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 3-4 months

Rating: 5/5 Fantastic - Whoever thought of this should get an award! May 12, 2014 If you want to work on Windows because software in your business only lets you use Windows, but love your Mac, then install this on your Mac and have the best of both worlds. My friend recommended this to me and as much as he raved about it, I think I can go on a tour promoting this product - simply amazing.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Central NY Age: Over 65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Works well running a Windows 7 VHD February 26, 2014 As much as I like iMacs, I need to do professional Windows based programming using Visual Studio 2013. I decided to eliminate my Windows workstation and virtualize it using Parallels 9. I virtualized my existing computer using Parallels tools and was amazed how smoothly it went. I can't tell the difference in performance between the virtual machine and my old workstation. All my Windows apps have worked with no problems. As they point out in their instructions, I did have to reauthorize the Windows installation I do allocate it 16 GB of memory which is probably overkill. I find Coherence Mode very useful.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Rochester NY Age: 35-44 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 4/5 Paralells Customer Review October 29, 2013 I've been using Paralells on multiple Macbook and Macbook Pro 13" machines for over 7 years. I like the software very much. It's stable and allows me to run older Microsoft XP Pro applications. Currently running Paralells on my late 2011 Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.8GHZ. I'm writing this as I check out with OWC's offer of Paralells 9 for $39.00 and saw there was only one review of this product and thought I should share my experience with Paralells. I am a professional photographer and run intensive Photoshop and other intensive imaging software on both sides of my Mac simultaneously. Paralells gives me the best of both worlds.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Tri-Cities, WA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac - Ready for Mavericks Release October 7, 2013 Parallels 9 installed without incident. The installation process offered additional software that allows remote control of my iMac using an iPad. Bring on Mavericks!!!

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Reviewer: Jesse Location: Tulsa, OK Age: 25-34 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 3/5 I love Parallels, but they got cocky September 9, 2013 I am writing this review and rating it only 3 stars, but I continue to love Parallels. I actually hope that others will buy Parallels 9 and then call, write, and chat with the support team to complain about the loss of Parallels Mobile and its replacement with a more expensive, but more functional version called Parallels Access. Hopefully, people reaching out and complaining will push them to re-visit their idea.

So, here's my review of the actual software.

Parallels makes upgrading easy. I just popped in the Desktop 9 CD, then realized that they will let me download it. I prefer to download as the CD will never survive in my house. If I ever needed to re-install, then I will have to have it. So, I downloaded the software and hit install. It found my Parallels 8 and replaced it. All of my OS's are still there.

Now my Dropbox and Google drive docs are available on the Windows machine. This may seem like nothing, but I can access my Photo Stream, my iCloud Docs (which I don't use), and my Google Drive docs straight from my Windows machine without having to create shares and links or by installing and mirroring the same data on the Windows machine. This is very nice and makes it much easier for me to update a file and know it will be pushed to Google Drive or Dropbox.

The last time I upgraded my Mac, I had an issue because Parallels stopped working. Apparently, Parallels Desktop 7 worked for Lion (10.7), but not Mountain Lion (10.8). That was a frustration that I wanted to avoid. When Mavericks (10.9) comes out, I can upgrade my laptop without worrying that all of my Parallels Operating Systems will shut down. I use the windows side for some of the work that I do and that was frustrating to realize that I couldn't access Windows until I upgraded Parallels. In their defense, they notated this on their website and had sent emails that I must have missed. I was pleased that the issue was documented and easy to see if I searched.

Parallels has replaced Parallels Mobile with Parallels Access as of this version. First off, what are these things, you might ask. These are Apps that you run on your iPhone/iPad which allows you to takeover your remote machine. I can sit at the coffee shop and remember I needed to hit send on an email. I grab my phone, open the Parallels Mobile app, and it connects to my laptop at home, shows me the desktop, and lets me do what I need to do. You don't have to setup your router or anything. Just have Parallels running and you're good to go. * The downside, Parallels Mobile worked for iPhone and iPad. This meant that if I just had my phone, I was still good. Parallels Mobile was introduced around version 7 and now it's being phased out. It's being phased out in favor of Parallels Access, which does the same thing, but costs $79.99/yr and doesn't currently work on the iPhone. When you connect with Parallels Access, the computer you takeover gets all funky as Parallels us tweaking the desktop resolution so that it can show you one Mac/Windows application at a time. * The upside, Parallels Access is pretty sweet. You can takeover just one Mac/Windows Application at a time. You don't have to re-size the application to perfectly fit in the screen. They have taken the iPad finger strokes and made them work when you are taking over a remote computer. It's pretty amazing and has allowed me to get more done faster.

Parallels Access might be worth $20/yr to me, but not $79.99. It's worth even less to me because I don't have a choice. Parallels Mobile is End of Purchase. http://www.parallels.com/support/desktop-virtualization/mobile/ This means that you can't get it anymore and those of us that have been with them for years can't use it if we want to upgrade. If the next Mac upgrade to Mavericks works the same, then once I upgrade my Mac, I will have to upgrade Parallels and lose access to Parallels Mobile. (This is what I was talking about on the first paragraph. Please phone, chat, Skype, and email support. Please push for Parallels Mobile to come back or Parallels Access to be reasonably priced.)

I love Parallels and they have always come out with something new and some reason that it's worth it to me to upgrade. This is the first time I wouldn't want to give 5 stars. I still love them and want to stick with them. If you are choosing between Parallels and Fusion, I'd still say to go with Parallels. We just need them to get a little less cocky and be more open with us the consumers.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps!.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Northern Ontario, Canada Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Ordered but not installed January 3, 2013 Good product no doubt many of you know that already...what I wasn't clear on when I ordered it was the need to do a complete install of Win8 and possibly allow sharing of my file structure with Windows. Not prepared to do that so I uninstalled. No complaints with product though I just wasn't exactly clear on how much integration was expected to have it work smoothly. I don't need the one Win8 app I was looking to use enough to justify the install.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from (*) Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free v9 Upgrade!*.

Parallels Desktop Pro Edition For Mac With Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Mfr P/N: MSFFQC08930 + PDPRO15-RL1-1Y-NA OWC SKU: MSFFQC0893014P Get everything you need to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side. Includes Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit OEM DVD and a 1 year license for Parallels Desktop Pro 16 Software: non-refundable Ships: Same Day

Reviews (12)

only $219.94

Add to Cart

Options & Bundles: Parallels Desktop Pro Edition

1 Year License
- Ships: Same Day
- Only $99.99
- OWC Price $99.99

Parallels Desktop Pro Edition + Windows 10 Bundles

Windows 10 Home Bundle
- Ships: Same Day
- Only $208.77
- Cyber Saver $159.99
Windows 10 Pro Bundle