Parallels Desktop For Mac Reviews & Product Details

I love that I can run Parallels on my Mac and and it runs seamlessly and you wouldn't even know that it was running. You can start programs up and not have to worry if you booted under PC/Mac. I love it

I truly can't figure anything I don't like about Parallels. It works amazing!

I use Mac for most of all my work but a few things need to be ran on a PC and this helps it out without having 2 computers!

I couldn't survive without Parallels on my Mac. What we do involves a lot of Mac computers and some Pc and this helps to not have multiples

I truly don't dislike anything, except for sometimes booting up takes a few seconds

Not having to own multiple types of computers!

Of all the VM software I've used, it's been the most intuitive from the start. The graphics are also really good, which makes a huge difference when checking web responsiveness between Mac and Windows browsers.

The only issue I've had was switching between screens and it getting confused with my mouse, but even then I was able to configure that so it didn't happen. I don't have a lot of negative things to report.

I'm currently developing a tool for our communications platform and it requires both Mac and Windows compatibility. I work primarily on a Mac so I need to reference Windows quite a bit in development. It's been a real time saver.

Parallels for Mac allows me to easily run window on my computer, giving me the flexibility to run a huge range of applications across both Mac and Windows one device. It was easy to set up using the built-in installer and has been updated throughout the past few years with new features. Once Windows has booted up, I am able to access files saved from both my Mac partition and my Windows partition at the same time, through the Windows operating system in Parallels. This makes it really easy for me to work across multiple documents between the 2 operating systems quickly and easily. In my set-up, the bootable software for Windows is run through an external hard-drive, which was easy to set up using the Parallels guidance information. This gives me the flexibility to have both operating systems available without the requirement to partition a large part of my Mac's internal memory.

It’s very CPU intensive which can rapidly degrade battery life. It can sometimes lag when used on older Macs, but this is not very often. The programme sometimes sufferers from network connectivity issues which means that the Windows emulator can not connect to the internet or other internet-connected devices, such as wireless printers and other devices on the same shared network.

I’m able to run a set of software designed only for Windows PC, but on my Mac. This gives me a huge flexibility and also has saved dramatically on the hardware costs of not needing to own 2 separate computers with separate operating systems.

Fast and flawless use of Windows applications, switching between Mac and Windows

License model that requires to purchase annual subscriptions after expiration.

I required native support for Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint and Excel) and Parallels was a perfect solution - I can create presentations and spreadsheets like on a native Windows machine.

I love the fact that I can use a pc on my Mac to do scripting but mainly work from my Mac

I don’t like the the cost of the product when there are similar free versions now out there

I use it so that I can script in both operating systems

i like that this program exists because there are some softwares and plugins that are only available on windows (such as fuzzy lookup in excel, which was made by windows developers). this allows for more precise approximate data matching, which isnt possible with excel otherwise

once i open excel files with parallels, ive found that it will auto default to open parallels. its very annoying and hard to change back permanently without accidently triggering it. it can also crash my computer when loading. I have included a screenshot in the attribution for reference.

I am solving data issues that I cannot otherwise use on Mac. I have had the benefits of being able to use any software regardless of compatibility.

It great as you can use PC software on a amc rather than having to have two computers. you can alos have the mac running at the same time to swtich between things eg photoshop- NED graphics.

its slow and i think you have to use half of your mac memory to run the programme so it rreally slows down both interfaces. it also takesges to update and restart or close down the programme.

can use NED graphics for drisigning as this programme does not operate on a mac interface. makes design much easier for cleanign artworks etc

Parallels used to be my go-to way to run a couple of Windows apps on an occasional basis. I made the mistake of "upgrading" Parallels when I got an M1-based Mac and it orphaned all of my VMs with no way to recover them or their data. Parallels lost its place in my Dock and I am not even sure why I bother to have it on my Mac any longer.

It no longer works on my M1-based Mac. Actually, it "works," in that it loads, it just can no longer access any of the VMs I had or provide any useful service to me.

Parallels no longer solves a problem for me, unless that problem is that I have too much money and too much free disk space. It does not benefit me at all any longer.

none... literally loved it at first, but after 2 weeks, I begged IT to give me VM back since it either would not let me connect or it wouldn't slide to my secondary screen (being a video editor,having video on my secondary screen- my biggest screen, was kind of important)

we use this specifically for iNews and most of us either can no longer slide it to our secondary screens or log in... it worked at first, but after 2 weeks, the problems began

moved back to virtual machine which has its own problems, but at least we can access the one program we need to put a newscast together