“The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway: Day 4 – Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO FAITHFUL MACESTEIN READER dlowe402.
Sure, we all love Apple and the ease of OS X, but sometimes there’s things you just can’t do on a Mac – like run the latest games, business software, and viruses. But who wants to go through all the trouble of partitioning their drive and rebooting into Boot Camp? When you HAVE to use Windows, you want to get in and out QUICK, and there’s nothing quicker than Parallels 5 for Mac. Optimized for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and boasting unmatched virtual machine performance, Parallels 5 lets you launch thousands of Windows apps directly from the Mac Dock. Best of all, Parallels lets you show as much or as little of the Windows interface as you like, so your friends won’t even know you’re running Windows, thus preserving your Mac Street Cred.
Choice is good. Not having to choose is even better.
Mac OS or Windows? Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac lets you seamlessly run Windows and Mac OS X side-by-side, drag-and-drop your files between operating systems, and run Windows software on your Apple computer without rebooting.* Run thousands of Windows programs faster on your Mac
* Enhanced! Install Windows XP, Vista or 7 in 3 easy steps
* Enhanced! Optimized for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
* New! Full support for Aero, including Flip 3D in Windows Vista and 7 & OpenGL 2.1
* New! OpenGL 2.1 support for Linux guest Operating Systems
* Enhanced! Parallels Compressor automatically reclaims hard disk space
* Enhanced! Intel VT-x2 virtualization technology drives maximum performance
* Enhanced! Unmatched virtual machine performance
* Enhanced! KVM paravirtualization for Linux gives unmatched performance
To enter: simply leave us a comment below saying something POSITIVE about Windows. Winner will be picked randomly 7 days later and notified (kind of like in The Ring, only with less killing… we hope). Open to all readers world-wide. Good luck, and thanks for reading Macenstein! (Oh, and be sure to enter ALL our “12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaways!)
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windows good ………sometimes………..maybe
Windows does a GREAT job ripping off OS X 🙂
Windows 7 doesn’t completely suck.
Just what I need. Thanks.
The best thing about Windows is how much it now resembles OSX
Windows is really good for one thing: you can find absolutely any program that you can think of. With mac is harder to do so.
What I love about Windows is how much it makes me appreciate Mac OS X.
It runs pretty well in Parallels
Windows is the hands-down choice of the business world. Small wonder we’re in a global Depression.
Windows gadgets are better (give or take a comparative) than OSX widgets
windows has a better presenter mode for powerpoint. that may be it.
Windows sucks less than it use to. Well win 2000 didn’t suck that much. I still can’t forgive them for Win ME. haha
Lots of people use it! Some even like it!
Windows 7 Parental Controls lets me feel comfortable about my 12 YO daughter using the computer unsupervised.
That little jingle when you boot…. that pretty much sums it up.
things I like about Windows.
None.
(I would say Steam but that’s not Windows)
Support for games.
Solitaire!
The gaming selection for Windows way surpasses Mac. Sorry it is the truth; Fallout 3, Star Wars series games, WarHammer 40,000, and on and on. But on the bright side we got Spore native to Mac, so things might evolve from there into better Mac gaming. Happy New Year.
I like the fact that just hovering over an application in the menu bar makes everything else transparent. Also I like how the windows snap to the sides of the screen. OS X should add these features.
If it weren’t for Windows I would never have realized how much I really appreciate my Mac. Thank you Windows.
Minesweeper
Let’s face it, Windows have more applications.
I must say I do love how the windows expand to full size when dragged against the border of the screen in W7 🙂 Other than that.. No xD
Windows 7 has greatly improved over vista
I love windows becouse no other software has ment so much for the proliferation of OS X.
eh ….. uh ….. Very difficult question ….
ctrl+alt+del? The most used shortcut ever 😀
it runs ifran view and winamp
Windows…….keeping IT departments staffed and busy for years!
uhhh… windows has yet to actually cause me physical pain? emotional, sure, but no actual bodily harm has come to me from using windows at work.
Windows has Solitaire!
Calculator 🙂
Much more games on Windows OS
Minesweeper, and the Start button you click to shut down.
…arrr… probably Minesweeper
Something positive about Windows, huh? Hmmm. Well, it’s blue! And that’s my favorite color.
I can actually play games on Windows. Not chess or a dashboard widget.
I prefer the Microsoft Office on Windows (running under Boot Camp with XP) to the crippled Mac version of Office.
Windows keeps the virus programmers busy.
Windows is good for games.
Run all games!
I like Windows for the small apps that I can’t find for Mac and for some games.
windows problems are the reason some of my friends have jobs…they work in tech support
You can see the time in the lower right corner. Woo hoo!
Among other things, i like it best because there’s a lot of games out for windows.
Windows makes me feel every time I see that blue screen full of magic words like “software malfuncion, you will be assimilated”.
Windows is a perfect “partner” app to compliment my Mac.
Mmmmhh a computer with a Windows enviremont ah? Maybe can be good for developing your shooting skills or it can give us an insight on how to drive a person crazy in just two seconds, the shrinks have a lot of good stuff to work with it I believe…
Makes you appreciate a Mac