Desktop 5

makesMaeandWindowsworkingseamlessNoperformanceissueswhenswitchingbetweenplatforms

Thenumber of peoplewho

havefound it difficult to

resistthebeautyandsimplicity

thatarethehallmarks of

theworld of Applehasincreasedbuttheneed to

useWindowsapplicationshasremained.

Butthesolution to havingthebestof bothworldshasalsoimprovedwithParallelsbringingDesktop 5

forMac to

market.Compared withversion 4

therearesomecompatibility

enhancementsbecauseWindows 7 hashitthemarketsincethelastproductlaunchandApplehasalsobeentinkeringwiththeresultingSnowLeopard ,

sotheParallelssoftwareneeds to

workwithboththoseenvironments.

But,

in addition,

someworkhasbeendone to thelookandfeelsothatswappingbetweenMacandWindowsapps is seamless in terms of

theuserexperience andapplicationscanbeused in thesamewayregardless of

operatingsystem.Filesharing is

easierbetweenWindowsandMacsandone

of thebigconcerns forMacusersallowingthe

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tform to

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sin both

worldof Windowsintotheirlives is

thatsecurity is alsoimproved.Forthoseresellersthatmight

encounterusersclinging tooldideas

thatusing avirtualisationengine to

deploy asecondOSontop of another

means issues in terms of performanceandspeedthenParallels 5 sweepsthoseaside . Therearenoperformanceissueswecoulddetectand in

testswewerehoppingfromoneplatform to

anotherandcarryingoutprocessor-heavy

functions inboth.

Critically ,

thisdoessolvetheproblemfaced

by a growingnumber of

companies of whetherto optforoneplatform

whentheyhavetraditionally usedtwo

,

or forthosefirmswhichwant to

respond to staffrequestsforeasier to

usecomputingwithMacs.TheimprovedParallelsDesktop 5

providessufficientreasonforusers of

version4

to upgradeandforcustomersfresh to thedualOSchallenge it

solvestheirproblems . "

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