![]() ![]() Run Windows on Your Mac Without Rebooting If you need regular access to Windows apps, Parallel’s implementation is superb. My personal take: Virtualization technology provides a convenient way of accessing non-Mac software while using macOS. Virtualization is an excellent alternative. That’s very convenient if you need non-Mac software.Ī virtual machine will run slower than your real computer, but Parallels has worked hard to optimize performance. But why run a slower virtual machine when you can install Windows on your actual computer using Bootcamp? Because having to restart your machine to change operating systems is slow, inconvenient, and incredibly frustrating. On that virtual computer, you can run any operating system you like, including Windows, and any software that runs on that operating system. Parallels Desktop is virtualization software - it emulates a new computer in software. Turn Your Mac Into Several Computers with Virtualization In each subsection, I’ll first explore what the app offers and then share my personal take. Since Parallels Desktop is all about running Windows apps (and more) on your Mac, I’m going to list all its features by putting them into the following five sections. Read on for the details! Parallels Desktop Review: What’s In It for You? The content in the quick summary box above serves as a short version of my findings and conclusions. In this Parallels Desktop review, I’ll share what I like and dislike about Parallels Desktop. This review reflects my use of both versions. The new version was released, so I immediately upgraded. For the last week, I’ve been putting it through its paces, installing Windows 10 (purchased just for this review) and several other operating systems, and trying just about every feature in the program. I was provided a review license and installed an earlier version on my iMac. See the Alternatives section of this Parallels Desktop review. So I found myself using a combination of dual boot, virtualization (using VMware and VirtualBox) and Wine. I enjoyed the change, but still needed certain Windows apps on a regular basis. After using Microsoft Windows for over a decade, I made a deliberate move away from the operating system in 2003. Why Trust Me for This Parallels Desktop Review? Switch Conveniently between Mac and Windows ![]() Parallels Desktop Review: What’s In It for You?.Why Trust Me for This Parallels Desktop Review?.It's only an "experiment", as I don't have an real intention to use UltraScope I just want to see if I can get it to work since so much test equipment software (like software for arbitrary waveform generators and power supplies) are not supported on macOS, I thought "maybe" Parallels could be an option to get this Mac talking to various pieces of test gear especially since I plan to buy an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) in the $100 USD price range from AliExpress vendors after the Lunar New Year holiday is over and the Chinese businesses are back to work. Earlier, I did not fully isolate them and had some problem connecting, so maybe if I isolate Windows 10 as much as possible from the Mac (an option in Parallels config) I can get RIGOL UltraScope to work. Later, I will try installing NI-VISA and UltraScope for the RIGOL DS1054Z and see if I can get it to connect to the oscope, by isolating Windows 10 completely from the Mac. It's running a bit better since I repartitioned the boot disk. Trying Parallels again on the 12-core Mac Pro running Catalina. If I *really* must have Windows for some test equipment applications, I may just go the "buy a cheap PC route", which is the same advice from many reviewers and commenters out there in "discuss and share" land. I tried adjusting various Parallels configuration switches and sliders in the control panels, rebooting a number of times, but I ended up just deleting Parallels off my Mac. īut I thought to myself, since I have 64GB of RAM and 12-cores (and am quite happy about the performance of this MacPro, 2013), maybe I'll have a different outcome.Īlas, I experienced the same very slow performance others talked about in reviews. Had read a number of reviews comparing Parallels to BootCamp (and other approaches) and the bottom line seemed to be "the performance is so slow you are better off to buy a cheap Windows PC.". I then installed all the prerequisites for the RIGOL software, including NI-VISA for Windows and the drivers, etc. The basic Parallels installation went fine and so I also installed Windows 10. The reason for this install was to test some RIGOL test gear software which only runs on Windows. I just installed (and removed) Parallels Desktop 15 Edition on my MacPro (2013) with 64GB memory and 12-cores, which is running the latest version of macOS Catalina as of this post. ![]()
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