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Parallels launches latest software to blend Mac and Windows apps

Source: VentureBeat

Nov 04, 2009

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Parallels is one of those little companies that could make some big companies very nervous. The Renton, Wash.-based software maker is launching its Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac today.

The software enables an Apple Mac computer to run Windows applications in a seamless environment. Not only can you switch screens from the Mac OS to Windows, you can also use Windows applications alongside Mac apps.

This convenience is why Parallels Desktop has more than two million users who run Windows, Linux and other operating systems side by side with the Mac OS X. It’s called desktop virtualization, and it should make companies like Microsoft nervous because it minimizes the importance of any given operating system.

Microsoft has to worry because more users are switching to Macs than ever before. Parallels itself makes Parallels Desktop 4.0 Switch to Mac Edition software so that you can make the transition with ease. Software such as Parallels Desktop takes the pain out of making such a switch, since you don’t have to throw out your old Windows software.

This new Desktop 5 for