“One of the best and easiest ways to run Windows on your Mac is with Parallels Desktop. Parallels recently released version 14 of their flagship virtual machine software,” Christopher Spera.
By now, I’m sure you are already aware that Microsoft has released the recently and the Internet has been a-buzzed with the initial reaction of the new OS from Microsoft, both positive and negative. If you’re like me, running a Mac, you probably would be wondering how you can test drive Windows 8. Well, if you’re like me, then you probably would try to install it on Parallels to give it a run.
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Unfortunately, (if you’ve not already updated to the latest version 7.0.15055 build of ), you’d notice that it would not install right. Mouse clicks are not registered and if you attempt to install Parallels Tools in Windows 8, you’d immediately get the black screen. Thankfully, an was just released as of today (time of this post) here with the build number 7.0.15055. A quick look at the knowledge base page shows a few updates, primarily around support for Windows 8 Consumer Preview and OS X Mountain Lion, both of which are noted as ‘experimental’.
Another interesting point to note is also that you can now download and install Windows 8 Consumer Preview right from the Parallels Wizard! Chess programs for mac. That makes the testing of Windows 8 a lot easier. The following screenshots shows some of the screens. Windows 8 Consumer Preview installed! In my short time with it, I seem to agree with some of the more positive reactions. It definitely is the most exciting PC OS out from Microsoft for a while now.
And the fact that they actually released a consumer preview shows how confident they are with it’s usability even at this infancy stage. It’s a shame that the gestures of the MacBook Pro’s touchpad, and perhaps gestures’ mapping from OS X to the Windows 8 virtual machine via isn’t quite as well as I’d expect it to be.
Perhaps one really does need a touch screen capable PC or a tablet that supports Windows to truly experience the Metro UI. But even so, Parallels did a great job running Windows 8 as a virtual machine. Performance is pretty good in general, even with just 1GB of RAM allocated to the VM. It is basically good enough to allow you to preview the OS without frustrating you too much, unlike the experience I faced with the developer’s preview of WIndows 8 a while back. However, the games ran a little slow, perhaps the 3D acceleration of graphics drivers aren’t all that great yet. Well, it is an ‘experimental’ support after all I suppose. All in all, it’s an interesting experience to get Windows 8 running on for Mac and I do recommend that you try it yourself too!
There’s no reason for you not to test it yourself even if you are all out to knock down Windows 8 in those vs OS X ‘discussions’. At least now you know for sure what you are knocking down. 🙂 Update: Also Check out the latest my now! Ken is native to the world of technology and this blog is his where he would share his thoughts, tips, reviews and pretty much just about everything technology that amuses him. He regularly abuses his iPhone, iPad and rMBP.
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Parallels 10 is packed with virtualization features and full support for Windows 10. High annual upgrade costs hold it back, but it’s still a fantastic piece of software. For many Mac owners, the idea of running Windows (or other operating systems) is appealing.
Whether it’s because their job requires the use of Windows-exclusive software, or they want to take advantage of the wider library of games available on Microsoft’s operating system, the reasons to run both are numerous. One popular way to accomplish installing Windows on a Mac is Apple’s Boot Camp, which lets users install it on a separate partition. If you need to switch back and forth frequently without restarting their computer, though, this is not a great option. That’s where virtualization comes into play, as it lets you create a virtual machine and run an alternate OS from within the main one. When it comes to this, there’s three big players; Parallels 10, VMWare Fusion, and VirtualBox.