Parallels Desktop 6 For Mac OEM

Overview

The Windows Applications You Need...on the Mac You Love

Experience dramatic improvements in 3D graphics rendering, battery life and security when you boot up a virtual machine with Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac. The new 64-bit engine lets you take full advantage of the power of your Mac, and the improved look and feel lets you have as much Mac as you want - even when you need to use Windows. Best of all, with Parallels Desktop 6, you can run Windows and Mac applications side-by-side without ever having to reboot.

With over 80 new and improved features, including speed 40% above the previous version, it's never been simpler to run Windows applications on your Mac.

	Immersive Gaming and Graphics Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac delivers an immersive environment for gaming, music, movies, and more with support for Surround Sound 5.1 and superior 3D graphics rendering speeds.
	Simple, Smart, Seamless Setting up and using your virtual machine is easier than ever, whether you are a hard-core Mac enthusiast, a multi-platform pro or are moving to a Mac for the first time.
	Manageability and Mobility Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac includes all-new features for protecting your Mac, your virtual machine, your data and your family – wherever you roam.
	Enhanced Performance You don't need to be an IT Pro to appreciate the dramatically improved battery life, full 64-bit power and security available in the virtual machines you create with Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac.

Discover Parallels Desktop for Mac

Faster!

New! Take advantage of all your Mac's power with an all-new 64-bit engine
New! Immerse yourself in games, music and videos with 5.1 Surround Sound
Enhanced! Smoother import of VMware, Virtual PC virtual machines and Boot Camp partitions
Enhanced! Improved network, hard drive and Transporter performance
Free! Includes complimentary Mac and Windows Anti-Virus from Kaspersky

Smarter!

New! Extend Mac OS X Parental Controls to Windows applications
New! Use OS X keyboard shortcuts to make Windows applications work the way you do
New! Choose how much Mac and Windows you want with simple profiles
when setting up a new virtual machine
Enhanced! Enjoy better control by managing Windows through Spaces and Exposé

More Powerful!

Enhanced! Find Windows programs faster with Spotlight integration
Enhanced! Launch Windows 2x faster than other solutions
Enhanced! Enhanced 3D graphics that are 40% better than previous versions

System Requirements

Software Requirements

Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 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.

Hardware Requirements

Any Macintosh computer with an Intel processor (1.66 GHz or greater). To run 64-bit operating systems
in virtual machines, an Intel Core 2 or higher processor is required.
Minimum 1 GB of memory, 2 GB of memory is recommended.
About 500 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop installation.
About 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine.

Guest Operating Systems Supported

32-bit Operating Systems

Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise 5.x, 4.x
- Fedora 13, 12
- Ubuntu 10.04, 9.10, 9.04, 8.10
- CentOS 5.x, 4.x
- Debian 5.0
- Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11, 10 SP2
- Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
- OpenSUSE Linux 11.x
- Mandriva 2010, 2009
Windows
- 3.11
- 95
- 98 SE
- ME
- NT 4.0 Workstation SP6
- NT 4.0 Server SP6
- 2000 Server SP4
- 2000 Professional SP4
- XP Home SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
- XP Professional SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
- Server® 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
- Server® 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
- Vista® SP 0, SP 1, SP
- 7
Mac
- OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
- OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
Other
- Solaris 10
- Open Solaris 2009.06
- FreeBSD 8.x, 7.x
- OS/2® Warp 4.5, 4
- eComStation™ 1.2
- MS-DOS 6.22

64-bit Operating Systems

Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise 5.x
- Fedora 13, 12
- Ubuntu 10.04,9.10,9.04,8.10
- CentOS 5.x
- Debian 5.0
- Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11, 10 SP2
- Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
- OpenSUSE Linux 11.x
- Mandriva 2010, 2009
Windows
- XP Professional SP2
- Server® 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
- Server® 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
- Vista® SP 0, SP 1, SP 2
- 7
Mac
- OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
- OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
Other
- Solaris 10
- Open Solaris 2009.06
- FreeBSD 8.x,7.x