With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac OS X applications side-by-side without rebooting. Drag and drop files between Windows and Mac applications and launch Windows applications from your Mac dock. Powerful performance lets you run Windows productivity applications, even graphics intensive ones, with ease.
Features:
Life Simplified
Whether you are a hard-core Mac enthusiast, a multi-platform pro or a first-time Mac user, the brilliant essentials of Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac — quick installation, a user-friendly interface, and the Parallels Wizard—makes moving to the Mac seamless and everyday use easier than ever
New! Cloud storage optimizations
SkyDrive, iCloud, Photo Stream, Dropbox, Google Drive optimizations make sure you don’t inadvertently duplicate files locally, so you get the most out of your storage space.
New! Real Start menu comes to Windows 8
Get stuff done in Windows 8 with a “real” Start menu and the ability to run Modern (Metro) apps in a separate window rather than in full screen
New! Power Nap extends to Windows
Power Nap on a Retina™ Display Mac or MacBook Air now also updates Windows and your Windows applications so that you’re always up to date
Visually Stunning
Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac delivers an even more immersive environment for gaming, music, movies, and more with support for Retina display, Surround Sound 7.1 and superior 3D graphics rendering speeds.
New! Dictionary gestures in Windows
Integration between Mac and Windows deepens, and now you can use the Mac Dictionary gesture to access the dictionary in Windows
Enhanced! Virtual Machine Wizard
The New Virtual Machine wizard makes it even easier to create new virtual machines, especially if your Mac doesn’t have an optical drive
Mac OS X Mountain Lion Support
Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac works with Mountain Lion, the latest Mac OS X. From Multi-Touch gestures, Mission Control, Full Screen support, Launchpad integration and more, Parallels Desktop makes it feel like your Windows applications were made for Mac.
Mountain Lion integration includes:
- Full screen support for Windows applications
- Use of Launchpad for Windows apps
- Mission Control support
- Mountain Lion as a guest OS
- Mountain Lion gestures support
- Retina display support for Windows
- Notification Center support for Parallels Desktop and Windows alerts
- Speak, don’t type – use Mountain Lion’s Dictation tool across both Windows and Mac Applications
- New! Dictionary gesture works in Windows applications
Presentation Wizard
The Presentation Wizard allows you to easily and beautifully show presentations from your Mac on any external monitor or projector.
Open in Internet Explorer button
Switch from Safari to the same page in Internet Explorer with a single click when you need to view a page that doesn’t render well.
Drag & drop attachments to Outlook
Simply drag & drop files from the desktop onto the Dock icon for Outlook for Windows to attach them to a new email
Multi-language Keyboard Sync
Keyboard language changes made on the Mac automatically sync in Windows to simplify switching languages
Consolidated Notification Center
Integration of Windows notifications into the Mountain Lion Notification Center makes it easy to stay updated on Windows virtual machine operations as well as alerts from Windows 8 Mail and Messenger Metro apps.
Shared Bluetooth
Seamlessly share Bluetooth devices between Mac and Windows just like you do with your FaceTime HD camera.
Mac OS X Guest support
Run OS X Lion and Mountain Lion as a guest, even in Coherence view mode
Shared Trash
Continuing to integrate Windows and Mac, now even your Mac Trash and Windows Recycle Bins are identical so you only have one trash can to manage
Spaces & Mission Control Integration
Get a more natural full screen experience for Windows applications with enhanced support for Spaces and Mission control.
Visually Stunning
Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac delivers an even more immersive environment for gaming, music, movies, and more with support for Retina display, Surround Sound 7.1 and superior 3D graphics rendering speeds.
Proven Performance
With improved battery life, up to 1GB of video memory, enhanced security, and more Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac features the best overall performance and stability in the market.
*AND much, much More!