12.17.06
Parallels Desktop for Mac
I recently got a nice new black macbook. I enjoy this laptop more than any other computer I’ve ever owned. It makes me wish I had moved to Mac 3 years ago. I installed Parallels Desktop for Mac so I could run a few Microsoft only apps from my Mac. Parallels is by far the most powerful simple app I have installed on my Mac. I call it a simple app because it’s extremely simple to install and get running. It even has an express install method for Windows XP so I didn’t have to keep clicking through the Windows install. It’s very fast, and using the newest Beta version, I can run Windows apps in a window layered right onto my Mac desktop. It’s called Coherency Mode and it’s very slick. The performance for a single virtual machine is close to native performance, probably due to the Core Duo cpu in my Macbook.
Parallels is a great product and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about getting a Mac. It has saved me many hassles related to Microsoft only apps, and it’s just neat to run Windows in a window on a Mac… I have included a link below for a macbook configured exactly the same as the one I’m using.
13.3 MacBook Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz Black 2GB/120GB/SD with Parallels Desktop and Microsoft Windows XP Pro pre-installed