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If so, we'd love to hear from you! Fancy yourself a writer and have a tech tip, handy computer trick, or "how to" to share? Let us know what you'd like to contribute! Developers often need to be able to switch between a number of operating systems, like OS X, Windows 10, various Linux distributions, and even Chrome OS. Parallels Desktop 11 starts off by displaying the Parallels Wizard see image above , which makes installation of new virtual machines as easy as a few clicks.
Your choices of operating system are impressive, but the main thing the wizard is there for is to help users set up a Windows installation on a Mac.
PC users who are switching to a Mac for the first time will enjoy the migration tool that moves an existing Windows installation, apps, and settings to a virtual machine. During my two-week review of Parallels Desktop 11, I did have a few problems with installation of the guest operating systems.
Most of those issues were easily resolved, though. For example, I had purchased Windows 10 on a flash drive from Microsoft, thinking that Parallels would just see the installer as it does other media. After that, the installation was done quickly.
For OS X installs, it usually looks for the installation files that are stored in the recovery partition on every Mac disk. Oddly enough, it only showed OS X Performance Most of my day-to-day work is done on a late inch iMac with a 3. Windows 10 is very fast on the iMac under Parallels Desktop 11, and never really made the iMac suffer performance-wise.
But Parallels Desktop 11 has another way that you can view Windows and any apps running on that operating system — Coherence mode. Windows appears a just another app in a standard Mac window, mingling with all other open Mac apps. Cortana is very useful for getting quick answers to questions, pulling up maps, and even doing simple calculations. I was even able to point Edge to YouTube and watch full-screen video with no hiccups. Summary Parallels Desktop 11 is definitely the best virtual machine environment available at this time.
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