Parallels Installing Windows from a DVD or disk image file (.iso) is made really easy with Parallels. Just click the “Install Windows or another OS from DVD or image file” button. Next there is a screen where you are asked to enter the product key, you can at this time enter it or just click the continue button and enter it later.

Pros: Parallels Desktop is one of the two best apps to run a virtual client OS on your Mac. Parallels makes it easy to have multiple guest OS machines available- they can be configured for specific purposes (testing a specific OS version, running different versions of software, etc.). Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition Symptoms I connect to the VPN using Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client located on the Mac (host OS X) side, but I cannot reach VPN domains (any of internal network resources) from Windows virtual machine.

On the next screen, you have a choice of how you’d like to integrate Windows with your Mac. This is where is gets a little interesting.

You can run it like a Mac or like a PC. Running Windows like a Mac will allow you to run Windows programs without the Windows desktop.

Basically all your Windows programs run right next to your Mac apps, as if they were built for Mac OS X. This also combines your documents, music, pictures and makes them available to all apps and programs across both platforms. Running it like a PC will make Windows run inside its own window. All of its programs and games will be restricted to that window.

And all the documents, music and pictures will remain separate. Both methods work great, personally I have it set to run as a PC because I like to keep my Mac workspace and PC workspace separate. Using Boot Camp with Parallels.

Boot Camp In a previous post I talked about how to. If you already have Boot Camp setup Parallels can even run that copy of Windows. There was a downside to using Boot Camp however, every time you wanted to use Windows you’d have to restart your computer and then boot up Windows. Avast. This is very tedious and no one wants to do that!

No longer do you have to reboot your computer! With Parallels, instead of choosing to install Windows from a DVD or disk image file just choose “Use Windows from Boot Camp”. There’s no setup required it just hooks into the previous installation and upgrades the installation to works with Parallels. This can take a few minutes to complete but once it’s done you’ll have Windows running on your Mac without any restart being required.

Final Thoughts on Parallels Do you want to get Windows running on your Mac quickly, easily and smoothly? It doesn’t get any easier than Parallels.

It also supports a lot more than just Windows 7. Among the most popular operating systems you can run there is,, and Android OS. There are many other supported operating systems you can run, even down to MS-DOS which was released way back in August 1981. Running bootcamp in parallels has lots of downsides unfortunately! I can’t assign more than 2gb ram to my bootcamp windows in parallels that sucks big time. Also, parallels somehow destroyed my bootcamp windows!

It first kept saying my windows wasnt original or some bs like that, activating didnt work. Now im sitting here since several hours googling how i can install my windows on bootcamp again, because it screwed up everything. Booting into bootcamp suddenly took like 10 minutes now, i cant boot the windows dvd cause it says i have to press any button to boot from the cd but it doesnt work seriously, fuck parallels! I wont touch it ever again.

Seamless Use Windows side by side with macOS ® (no restarting required) on your MacBook ®, MacBook Pro ®, iMac ®, iMac Pro ®, Mac mini ®, or Mac Pro ®. Share files and folders, copy and paste images and text and drag and drop files between Mac and Windows applications. Easy Setup Parallels Desktop automatically detects what you need to get started so you're up and going within minutes. If you need Windows, you’ll be prompted to download and install Windows 10 or choose your existing Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, or Boot Camp ® installation.