With Parallels Desktop for Mac, you can run Windows on an Intel Mac machine - right alongside Mac OS X! Switch between Mac OS X and Windows XP with just a keystroke. Use your Mac to run important applications that were only available in Windows before: Microsoft Project, Access, Money ACT! and more are now at your fingertips. Unlike working with Boot Camp, you don't have to restart your Mac. It's the solution for users who work with multiple systems.

Unlike dual-boot solutions, in which users must completely shut down OS X and endure a full OS start-up cycle to access a important application, Parallels Desktop for Mac empowers users with the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and Mac OS X at the same time.No hard drive partitioning requiredParallels Desktop for Mac virtualizes a full set of the standard PC hardware, including -Virtualized processor of the host computer; Generic motherboard compatible with Intel i815 chipset; Up to 1500 MB of RAM; VGA and SVGA with VESA 3.0 support; Up to four IDE devices, that may be either virtual hard drives (from 20 MB up to 128 GB each, mapped to image file), CD/DVD-ROM drives (mapped to physical drive or to image file), or any combination of the two; Ethernet virtual network card compatible with RTL8029 (bridged to Apple Ethernet or Apple Airport adapter), host-only networking or Mac internet sharing; Up to four serial (COM) ports (mapped to pipe or to output file); Up to three bi-directional parallel (LPT) ports(mapped to output file); Shared folders that enable file and folder transfer between OS X and Windows; 2-port USB controller 1.1 (USB 2.0 devices supported)at speed close to native);