Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac Retail Box

Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac is the #1 choice of customers worldwide to seamlessly run Windows applications on a Mac without rebooting. Run your day-to-day Windows productivity applications, and even the most demanding graphical apps without compromise. Run Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Access, OneNote or other applications not available on the Mac, and Parallels Desktop 7 even gives all these and other Windows applications some of the user interface improvements in Mac OS X 10.7 ("Lion").

In addition to the latest version of Windows, Windows 7, other OSes can also be run in Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac, including Windows XP, Windows 98, Linux, and Google Chrome OS. Use USB devices and access web pages that were previously not compatible with Mac.

Parallels Desktop 7 is the fastest way to run the most graphical intensive Windows programs and the most powerful cross-platform Windows development tools. Access your Windows applications on all your Apple devices everywhere you go by remotely controlling Windows program from your iPad or iPhone with the improved Parallels Mobile app. Get the look & feel that you feel most comfortable with: if you love the look & feel of the Mac OS, make Windows invisible while still using its applications. If you're new to Mac, keep the familiar Windows background and Start menu on your Mac. Either way, run Windows and Mac applications side-by-side with no compromises in performance.

Run Windows applications like they were made for your Mac.

Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac takes advantage of Mac OS X Lion's great features and applies them to Windows programs, like support for Launchpad and Mission Control.

With over 90 new and enhanced features, this latest version makes your Windows applications feel like they were made for Mac. The result? A more intuitive and powerful way to use Windows and Mac side-by-side in a seamless user experience.

Enjoy the best performance on the market

• New! Lion integration and support, including Launchpad and Mission Control for Windows programs
  
• New! Shared iSight and FaceTime HD cameras in both Windows and Mac applications
  
• New! Lion as a guest OS
  
• Enhanced! Up to 1 GB of video memory, for ultra-high resolutions and maximum quality settings
  
• Enhanced! With the new Parallels Mobile App, copy-and-paste, enjoy audio, and access your Mac and Windows programs with your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

Run thousands of Windows applications at lightning speed on your Mac

• Enhanced! Increased graphics performance: up to 45% faster for 3D graphics compared to previous versions
  
• Enhanced! Start, stop and resume Windows more quickly, as much as 60 %, every time you launch Windows
  
• Enhanced! When copying files within Windows, Parallels Desktop 7 outperforms its competitor by 120 %

This product is retail box. Retail box software is sold at retail stores. It comes in a factory sealed retail box with the CD or DVD, plus the software license key and manuals where provided by the software manufacturer. Retail box software comes with full installation support from the manufacturer.

System Requirements:

• Operating System: Mac OS X Lion v10.7.0 or later, Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.3 or later, Mac OS X Leopard v10.5.8 or later
  Note: Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.x is not supported in this version of Parallels Desktop.
• Processor: Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
• RAM: 1 GB, 2 GB recommended
• Hard Drive Space: 500 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop installation, 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine