Parallels Desktop gives Mac users the ability to run Windows, Linux or any other operating system and their critical applications at the same time as Mac OS X on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook or MacBook Pro.
 According to performance research conducted by Crimson Consulting Group, Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac performs 22% faster than the nearest Windows-on-Mac competitor in standard productivity testing of Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro. In addition, version 5 is up to 300% faster for virtual machine operations than the previous version. For 3D and graphics performance, tested under the industry standard 3Dmark 2006 Professional test suite the new version performs up to 7 times better.
 
This updates includes the following bug fixes and improvements:
 
•Address stability and performance of Parallels Desktop and virtual machines.
•Resolve various networking issues.
•Improve the process of converting third party virtual machines.
•Address an issue when Parallels Desktop won’t start.
•Address an activation issue when upgrading Parallels Desktop.
•Add mouse settings to Parallels Desktop Preferences.
•Resolve printing issues.
•Address issues with unexpected inability to copy and paste between Mac and Windows.
•Resolve an issue when a Boot Camp virtual machine requires to reactivate Windows .
•Address a mouse handling issue that causes incorrect transitions between SmartMouse modes in 3D applications and games.
•Add support for Red Hat 6 and Fedora 14 operating systems.

Requirements:
 •Mac Platform: Intel
•OS version: 10.5.8 Leopard or later
•Processor type(s) & speed: Intel Processo