Editors' note, October 30, 2014: This review has been updated with new features added after the release of the technical preview. Has been letting people run Windows and other operating systems on their Macs for years. And with every major update, has added yet another feature that makes switching between your regular operating system and virtual machines even more seamless. There are other apps that do virtualization, such as $60 (also available for £36, or AU$64) or (free).
These will both let you run Windows on your Mac (as long as you own a copy) and might be good enough for your purposes. But what makes Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac special, is the way it incorporates and features. Some of the new features give you more interactivity between operating systems, letting you place Windows apps on the Mac Launchpad or Dock, for example, and even as far as letting you use new features in Mac OS X Yosemite straight out of a Windows environment. What is Parallels for? Parallels Desktop ($80, £50, or AU$86) is a virtualization system for running other operating systems on your Mac. As an example, this would be useful if you use Windows at work, but have a Mac laptop at home because it means you can run all the Windows specific tools from work on the Mac without having to buy a separate computer.
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