Parallels

Name: (*) Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac - Use Windows Applications alongside your Mac Apps! *Free v9 Upgrade!*
Brand: Parallels
SKU: PARPDFM8XL
Price: 45 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.47 (43 reviews)

Desktop 8 for Mac

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

OWC Note: All purchases of Parallels 8 dated August 15, 2013 or later are entitled to a FREE online upgrade to Parallels 9 when it is released on September 5th, 2013.

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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Highlights

Use Mac OX Mountain Lion features like Launchpad, Mission Control and Full Screen with your Windows applications.
The new Presentation Wizard allows you to easily and beautifully show presentations from your Mac on any external monitor or projector.
Enjoy Mountain Lion's new Dictation capabilities in Windows applications.
Switch from Safari to the same web page in Internet Explorer with a single click when you try to view a page that doesn't show correctly.
Use your iSight or FaceTime HD camera with your Windows applications.
The Parallels Wizard protects your investment in Windows applications and files, moving everything quickly and easily.
Support for USB 3.0 devices.
Access and use your Mac and Windows remotely when you're on the go with the Parallels Mobile app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, available for purchase in the App Store.

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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.

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 4.4 / 5 36 out of 43 (84%) reviewers would recommend this product

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Reviewer: michael_marotta_GA

Rating: 1/5 Software was never delivered to me February 24, 2025 Software was never delivered to me and when I asked it them to verify if the serial number was sent they said NO they can't. Not good customer service, no one wants to help or cares to help.

This review is from Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition - 1 Year Subscription.

Response from OWC, Support February 24, 2025 We sincerely apologize for the hassle you experienced with your Parallels purchase. We understand how frustrating this situation must have been, and we truly regret that we didn’t meet your expectations. After reviewing your case, we see that you did reach out to us, and our Chat representative, Noime, was able to provide you with the Parallels download link and your serial key. We’re sorry for any confusion or inconvenience you faced during that process. If there is anything else we can do to raise your rating to 5 stars, please let us know. https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/

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Reviewer: Reviewer2167047707

Rating: 5/5 Excellent product July 29, 2024 Very fast ,great picture.

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

Response from OWC, Support July 29, 2024 Thank you so much for the positive feedback! We're thrilled to hear that you're enjoying the product and experiencing such great results with it. Your satisfaction is our top priority, and we're grateful for your support.

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Reviewer: jondov

Rating: 5/5 I have used Parallels for many years. This was a good deal! March 1, 2024 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 18 Pro Edition for Mac - 1 Year License.

Response from OWC, Support March 1, 2024 We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with Parallels and that you found our deal to be beneficial! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your positive feedback with us. We appreciate your support!

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Reviewer: JoyousOx-80411

Rating: 1/5 Waste of time. June 4, 2023 This software is a cheat. It does not have the ability to run Windows at it's full capacity. On a Apple it does not recognize the drives correctly. You can not ( or I never figured out how to) make the options work. It is like a partial widows with limited abilities. waste of time and DRIVE SPACE.

This review is from Parallels Desktop 18 Pro Edition for Mac - 1 Year License.

Response from OWC, Support June 6, 2023 It is appreciated that you provided us with honest feedback. We apologize that Parallels did not meet your expectations and performed poorly. In light of the fact that we are only a certified reseller of Parallels, we recommend that you contact Parallels directly in order to get the system up and running. Don't hesitate to contact us with further questions, comments, or concerns. https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/

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Reviewer: angelicablue1986

Rating: 5/5 Great programs thank you customer March 9, 2023 I await see item shipping. Not yet start up.

This review is from Parallels Desktop 18 Pro Edition for Mac - 1 Year License.

Response from OWC, Support March 10, 2023 Thanks for the 5 star review! We really appreciate it and always do our best to help out our customers.

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Reviewer: Wirehead56

Rating: 5/5 Seamless! December 28, 2022 Excellent product, well designed to make the transition from one OS to another. This allows me to consolidate resources onto a single platform and is highly mobile.

I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Parallels Desktop 18 Pro Edition for Mac - 1 Year License.

Response from OWC, Support January 4, 2023 Thank you so much Wirehead56 for taking the time to leave your review. We're glad to hear that the parallels software was exactly what you expected. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions, comments, or concerns. https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: Olli

Rating: 1/5 Watch out! You can't extend an existing account by 12 months March 30, 2022 I bought Parallels Desktop Pro to extend my current, active subscription by 12 months, but received only 3 months more. Watch out!

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

Response from OWC, Support April 5, 2022 I'm sorry to hear you have had issues with getting the Parallels subscription to work properly. Please know that we do value you and want to do what we can to help so a member of our team will be reaching out. Anytime you ever have any issues, please let us know directly as we can best help and determine what is going on. Thanks for reaching out.

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Reviewer: lloydirwin

Rating: 5/5 Purchase of Parallels Pro November 16, 2021 The purchase process was great. No issues at all and the team at MacSales was super. I haven't installed the package yet as I'm working on getting my Mac mini fully operational.

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

Response from OWC, Support November 18, 2021 Thank you for providing us with your feedback. We are delighted to hear your experience with OWC MacSales has been great! Please feel free to reach out to our support team if further assistance is needed.

Verified Buyer

Reviewer: mvaone

Rating: 5/5 works great cut my luggage in half September 9, 2021 works great cut my luggage in half!

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

Response from OWC, Support September 10, 2021 Thank you for your feedback!. This great to hear!

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Reviewer: CrowdedSquirrel-92783

Rating: 5/5 Working wonderfully so far May 1, 2021 I have not fully used Parallels, yet on my Mac computer. From what has happened so far, it is nice to see the product working and the changes, that have been made, to make it work better with Big Sur.

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

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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 18 Pro Edition for Mac - 1 Year License.

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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!.

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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!.

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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*.

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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!.

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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.

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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*.

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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*.

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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*.

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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!.

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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*.

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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*.

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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*.

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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!.

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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!.

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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac Mfr P/N: PDFM8XL-OEM1DVD-EN OWC SKU: PARPDFM8XL 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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