Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac

User Reviews for Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac

• Reviewed by: sturam

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  Strengths: Great idea, but after three hours trying to install this program on my brand new intel Mac laptop - I gave up.Good luck to you. Seems people like the idea of not having to re boot.

  Weaknesses: Sold to me at Apple store and then they told me they do not support it at all - no help from the genius bar.Tech support at Nova Parallels not available on week-ends

  Overall Evaluation: Would like to hear from some one as to how you install this program in three easy steps. All I got was error messages when I tried to install that it could not read the Windows XP disk that I had to purchase for almost $ 200 extra. Best Buy techs were able to use the disk to install Boot Camp however
• Reviewed by: Scott Mahrer

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  Strengths: Ease of use

  Weaknesses: Windows not included

  Overall Evaluation: I know that Apple is included Boot Camp within Leopard (OS X 10.5), which is a great thing. However, Boot Camp needs you to reboot your Mac every time you wish to switch to Windows or Mac OS. Enter Parallels, which avoids the reboot requirement. Windows actually appears as a window (no pun intended) much like any other Finder window. You can literally switch back & forth between your Mac and Windows environments. This is important especially if you constantly need to refer between documents. It's a real time-saver. Very stable too!