Parallels today announced the launch of Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac, the latest version of the company's software for running alternate operating systems like Windows in virtual environments on the Mac. The new version is available today as an upgrade for existing customers, and it will launch on August 26 for new customers.
Parallels RDP Client for Mac Yosemite OS X connected to Parallels Remote Application Server delivers applications and virtual desktops. Mac users can now work seamlessly on published Windows applications such as Microsoft Office, and on virtual desktops. Parallels 10 on Yosemite Published by Rhys Allen on April 26, 2015 We’ve reviewed Parallels a couple of times before and generally it’s fared quite well against other Virtualisation platforms for the Mac, despite it’s price tag and almost constant upgrade treadmill.
Parallels Desktop 10 offers a bevy of new features and enhancements, including OS X Yosemite support, iCloud Drive and iPhoto Library support and battery life and performance speed optimizations. The main new features of Desktop 10 include:- However, with respect to using Parallels, I'll add the following: I've used Parallels for a few years now, with both a mid-2012 macbook pro (8 GB RAM), and a 2014 macbook pro (16 GB RAM). As a rule of thumb, you want to share the following evenly between Windows and Mac: CPUs, Memory, and Video Memory.
- If you want to try out Mac OS X Yosemite but you don't want to upgrade your current version of Apple's operating system, you can use a virtual window manager like Parallels and install it there.
- Likewise, the Parallels engineers have been hard at work to bring some of the Yosemite goodness to Windows and Windows apps, and that work has also culminated today with the release of Parallels Desktop 10 Update 1, version 10.1.0 (28600) in engineer-speak.
- Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac arrives over a year after version 9 was released in April 2013, along with a dedicated Enterprise Edition allowing users to run Windows applications seamlessly.
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- Mac OS X Yosemite integration, iPhone calling integration, iCloud Drive and iPhoto Library supportUpgrade pricing for users of Parallels Desktop 8 or 9 is $49.99, while standard retail pricing is set at $79.99 for regular users and $39.99 for students. Parallels Desktop 10 customers also receive a free three-month subscription to Parallels Access that allows Windows and Mac users to use their machines from their iPads.
- Now with one click users can select from a number of choices to optimize their virtual machine based on what their primary usage is: productivity, games, design or development.
- The new Parallels Control Center is a one-stop-shop for managing Parallels Desktop; it allows users to manage all their virtual machines and configuration settings from a single place.
- Users can share files, text or web pages from Windows using Internet accounts configured on their Mac such as Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, Flickr; or send them via email, AirDrop and Messages.
- Users can drag and drop files to Mac OS X virtual machines.
- Users can now open Windows documents up to 48 percent faster.
- Battery life is now extended by up to 30 percent, giving people additional work time when they need it most.