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Other resources, such as USB and Bluetooth devices and DVD drives may also be passed through to the VM and I experienced no problems in my testing with an array of external storage, webcams and keyboard/mouse combinations. Parallels Desktop continues to feature a simple and easy to use interface to allocate hardware resources to the virtual machines, with the Pro edition now permitting up to 32 vCPU cores and 128GB of vRAM for a lucky VM (assuming you have mortgaged a kidney or two in order to acquire the necessary Apple hardware.) Windows test environments will run for a 90-day trial, which should be more than enough time to accomplish most regression testing.įor the purposes of this review, I used a Windows 10 virtual machine (VM), running the latest insider build. The Pro edition extends this simplicity, with images of most of the popular Linux distributions, an Android 7 image for the brave, and developer-friendly test environments including such pleasures as Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 for those targeting corporates that just can’t move on.
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Of course, a user will still need a valid licence key for Windows 10 to do much in the way of useful work.
However, there have been some subtle changes – where before a user had to track down a Windows ISO or disk image, Parallels Desktop will now download an image from Microsoft thus saving a bit of faffing. Little has changed in set up from version 12, and Parallels Desktop remains ludicrously simple to configure once installed.
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Since then, little has changed in the Bootcamp world (which remains about as unpleasant an experience as root canal surgery) but Parallels has continued to update Desktop, its virtualisation package.
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Parallels Desktop 12 also includes a full year of Acronis True Image cloud backup, with 500GB of storage to backup your virtual machine, whether incrementally or all at once.Back in January, I took a look at putting Windows 10 Insider Builds on a Mac and, after a dalliance with Bootcamp, concluded that Parallels Desktop 12 was by far and away the easiest and most reliable way of running Windows 10 applications under OSX. Pro and Business customers enjoy expanded technical support as well as a complimentary copy of Parallels Access, to remotely access up to five Macs or PCs from anywhere. Parallels Desktop 12 is available in three different versions, Desktop, Pro and Business.
Parallels also offers subscription models for the two premium flavors of Parallels, Pro and Business, for $100 per year.
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Parallels Desktop 12 retails for $80, while existing Parallels customers, who purchased Parallels 10 or 11, will be able to upgrade for $50.
The latest Parallels also boasts a revamped pricing model, which includes some deep discounts for current subscribers. The Parallels Toolbox is available bundled with Parallels Desktop 12, or on its own for $10 a year. The Toolbox includes utilities which streamline some everyday tasks, like password-protecting individual files, downloading videos from sites like Facebook and Vimeo, and recording desktop screencasts. The utilities themselves offer some added functionality independent of the Parallels Desktop virtual machine. Parallels Toolbox is an app which contains over 20 new utilities designed to make virtualization a little easier, and a little more user-friendly. Fitbit Versa 3Īnnounced on August 18, Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac brings a host of new features to the popular virtualization software, including expanded support for PC games and a host of new features designed to make life easier for virtual machine users, according to MacWorld.Īvailable today for current subscribers and August 23 for new customers, Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac boasts expanded support for PC gaming, including games available via Microsoft’s Windows 10 Xbox app, and Blizzard’s blockbuster team-shooter Overwatch.Īdditionally, Parallels Desktop 12 is bundled with a brand new set of tools called Parallels Toolbox.
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