Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac

Parallels Mobile

Want to take control of your Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac virtual machines while your Mac is out of reach? Now you can with Parallels Mobile.

Parallels Mobile is a free application that allows you to remotely control Parallels virtual machines from your iPhone. It lets you see a list of existing virtual machines, remotely start, stop and rest them, as well as letting you pause, suspend and resume. Visit the App Store in iTunes for more information.

Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac allows you to run Windows and Mac OS X as one - the best of both worlds on one seamless desktop.

Run Windows programs like they were native to your Mac. With four view modes, next generation Coherence® lets you run the programs you need side-by-side with Mac OS X.

Features

iPhone application with remote control of VMs
Modality, Coherence, Window & Full Screen view modes - 4 different views that integrates Windows to Mac
New GUI and VM Directory - Easy to use interface with quick access to all your VMs
Clips - Screen capture utility to share screenshots across Windows and Mac
Virtual Appliances - get up and running quickly with pre-built virtual appliances from Parallels
Parallels Explorer - peer in VM hard disks
Speech Recognition - Voice control of Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac
QuickLook integration - get a glance of VM info
Smart Connect - keeps USB device connection preferences
Smart Shared Internet Applications - define Windows programs or Mac applications to handle web functions
Smart Shared Folders, Parallels Mounter, Parallels Online Mounter - immediate transparent access to any files on both Windows or Mac
SmartInstall - auto-update for current software
Security Manager - set level of VM isolation for online safety
Safe Mode - private and secure computing by saving or resetting changes to VM
Shut Down Mode - graceful problem-free shutdown
Over 45+ Supported Guest Operating Systems - Run Mac OS X Leopard Server, Snow Leopard, Windows including Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and more

Apple Recommends for...

...running Windows and over 45 other guest operating systems seamlessly, fully integrated and side by side on your Mac.

Data at Your Fingertips

Get instant and automatic access to your data from any OS with SmartX technologies

SmartSelect - associate files with default applications to launch
SmartMount - automatically mount removable media for access across OS
Smart Auto Start - define specific VMs to auto-boot during startups

Getting Started is Easy

Use your Mac like multiple computers and start using your existing Windows and Linux machines on your Mac effortlessly with built-in installation and migration tools

Express Windows & Linux Installation - Install Windows in 3-steps; includes automatic media detection for OS. Save big by using your Mac for multiple computers.
Parallels Transporter - P2V: Migrate any PC or Boot Camp, V2V: VMware, Virtual PC & VirtualBox VMs
Boot Camp - run your Boot Camp Windows installation in a VM

Accelerate your games or graphics applications

Blazing fast video and 3D graphics with support for DirectX 9.0, DirectX Pixel Shader 2.0, and OpenGL 2.0

DirectX 9, DirectX Pixel Shader 2.0, OpenGL 2.0 - blazing video and 3D graphic support for smooth visual output in VMs
QuickClick and SmoothShow GUI technologies - provide fast and smooth response to user interaction with the user interface
256 MB video RAM - leverage up to 256 MB of video RAM for snappy visual output

Complete Protection Suite

Safeguard your computer with the best internet and data protection available

Bonus software: Parallels Internet Security powered by Kaspersky - provides protection including Anti-virus, firewall, scanner, recovery, filtering, and identity protection
Bonus software: Acronis True Image Home - the complete solution to backup, restore, and protect your data and entire system includes the complete disk backup, file backup, disk cloner, file shredder, system cleanup, and disk cleanser
SmartGuard - automatic protection with scheduled snapshots

Get more usage time with your Mac

Extend battery life by reducing power consumption with Parallels' PowerSaver feature

PowerSave energy saving mode - up to 20% longer battery life
Battery status in guest OS - better power management of your VMs
Full-hardware ACPI support - enable graceful shutdown of VMs.

Get efficient use of disk space for Windows

A smaller footprint for Windows allows you to maximise space for your digital life - in a VM or Boot Camp with Disk Management capabilities

Bonus software: Acronis Disk Director Suite - optimise your Windows disk space for better data allocation, performance, and data protection Includes partition manager, OS selector, recovery, disk editor
Parallels Compressor - reduces VM size up to 2 times
Parallels Image Tool - automatic resize of partitions with virtual hard disk capacity changes

System requirements

Mac

Intel-based Mac required
1GB of RAM (2GB recommended to run Windows Vista)
450MB of hard drive space for Parallels Desktop installation, plus space to allocate to your virtual machine
Mac 0S X 10.4.11 or later (including Mac 0S X Leopard)
Internet connection required for select features and online updates. Also required for updates during one-year Internet Security subscription period
Requires Windows or other operating system (not included)