Using Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac you can run several other kinds of operating systems (p. 130) on your Mac, such as several flavors of Linux and Unix, Mac OS X Server, Windows 8, older versions of Windows, and more.
However, there remains some keyboard problems that have got me stumped - which only occur in Windows (it works perfectly in the Mac OS). If I press the single or double quote key, it won't display until I press another key.
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If it truly is a Parallels question and has no 'redeeming Mac-specific aspect' then, yes, you should ask in Parallels' forum. However, I recently saw a possibly similar question that was entirely about MacOS X keyboard layouts.
Parallels for mac or vmware. Sep 19, 2007 I have parallels, but I would prefer not to buy the vmware fusion to run on the mac. Wondering if its worth it to run parallels to run windows, then run vmware inside. I have 2 GB of RAM and could upgrade to 4 GB (max on the laptop) but everything associated with a mac is really expensive. Running the current generations of these two virtualization programs—Parallels 8 Desktop for Mac () and VMware Fusion 5 ()—on one of today’s ultrafast Macs, only the most hardcore Windows. Parallels Desktop 14 ® for Mac makes it easier than ever to get back space on your Mac! Get up to 20 GB back with new disk usage optimization. Get up to 20 GB back with new disk usage optimization. Automatically reorganize your virtual disk to increase limits for optimal storage savings. Since buying my first Intel Mac in 2006, I have used Parallels Desktop for virtualization. I used it mainly for running Windows for when I needed to either test something or run an important application in Windows. Since last year, I have been running Mac VMs in Parallels to build packages, to test.
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