Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac [OLD VERSION]
![Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac [OLD VERSION]](/Images/B000GHIV2Q/medium.jpg) | Average Customer Rating: Recommend The first solution that gives Apple users the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and their critical applications at the same time as Mac OS X--without rebooting--on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook or MacBook Pro. The killer app for Mac is now even better than ever! Parallels Desktop for Mac enables you to run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered… Product details and pricing info |
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273 Customer Reviews Posted
- Far inferior to VMWare Fusion
- I have used all types of virtualization products for a long time now, and was very disappointed by this product. I was continuously getting BSODs with 98 and 2000 under Parallels. At that time I switched to the beta of Fusion and had no stability issues after that.
One terrific thing about Parallels though is that, even though I bought the product through Amazon and was at the 30 day mark, the company cheerfully and promptly refunded my money, honoring their guarantee. Bravo! - 2008-07-28, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Parallels Program
- This is a very powerful program backed by one of the weakest technical support crews in the world. Their offices are constantly closed and the FAQ online is rivaled only by Apple's lack of actual help topics. Don't be in a hurry to use this product and you will find that it does work very well. You will not be up and running in minutes. Plus you must go buy Microsoft XP or Vista to run on this. It would be nice if they were packaged together or at the very least disclosed on the product itself before purchase.
- 2008-07-27, 0 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- If only I could get it to work....
- Hard to review since I've never been able to get it to load properly. Waste of my money.
Maybe if you're an Apple tech this will work for you, but speaking as someone who's had a computer since my first Apple II in '79, this is NOT a good solution if you aren't super apple-savvy. I'm going back to an XP machine because this just won't load on my mac so I can be productive. - 2008-07-27, 0 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great Product
- I choose Parallels because I could convert my old Virtual PC images over, and it did it (thought I hit some weird networking stuff in the transition, I was nothing I couldn't work through.)
As a web developer who uses a Mac, this is the easiest way to test web sites for IE compatibility. - 2008-07-25, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Too many bugs and glitches
- Installation went OK on my new iMac 2.8 Core2 Duo. Basic functions looked working fine. Internet connection had no problem. However, as soon as you try to do something more sophisticated, it doesn't work at all. Often times it hangs without any obvious reason and only way to get out of the status is reboot. Seamless mode never worked as advertised. No customer support. Forget about drag and drop between Mac and Windows - it will crash. It cannot detect external hard drive that is connected via USB. It cannot even handle Windows automatic update. Can't believe I paid $79 for this piece of junk. Do not buy this product. Their version should be 0.1.7 or something. Not even close to 1.0.
- 2008-07-21, 0 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
