“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 is very colourful ! 😉
XP came with my favorite desktop picture. The orange fish on the blue background…
I am old enough (can’t believe I just said that) to remember Windows (as well as Apple and Macs… and Commodore 64 and TRS-80 and VIC-20… please put me out of my misery…) from the beginning . I actually know how to make scripts for DOS which is very powerful for modifying large number of files (I realize that Unix can do the same, but I haven’t taken a dip in that pool yet). Wait, is that still Windows…? At least Windows XP still has a DOS command.
Windows is good and I need it to complement OS X, particularly for certain softwares to run on my Mac.
Well, the games.
BTW, I like Vista than 7
Well, at least glad some friends still use it so I can win some favours by giving tech support when their PCs ‘stop working’.
Windows 7 isn’t going to have any of the problems Windows Vista had!!!
Windows is the most popular OS out there because it rocks.
Windows has Pinball (at XP)
Windows 7 does not force you to use Outlook Express 🙂
Windows has more software designed for it.
Windows gaming is MUCH CHEAPER and you can ALWAYS get the expansion packs!
Windows , I like that you can see through them ,even when they are closed
Windows 7 is actually quite usable, despite still being Windows.
Windows benifit, it runs on all Computers… Including a Mac.
In a world without Windows© there would be a lot of unemployed computer repair and support businesses.
Windows is great for gaming. Plus, Chip’s Challenge. C’mon.
In cooperation with corporate computing departrments Windows brought GUI’s to the masses.
windows has the games.
I actually like the cover box art. does that count?
Seven seems to be a better OS than Vista en Windows Me 🙂
I’ll extend Windows to Microsoft. I’ll go for Excel since I use that all the time at work.
Mine sweeper!
being a desktop support person for a large corporation. Windows makes me want to quit my job. I miss the days of supporting an all Mac company.
Windows is a good tool for corporate work, and many new games. It is good to have in your toolbox. The right toool for the right job makes the job easier. I love my MAC, but I also have a need for Windows.
The X button actually closes the application….not just the window.
Windows 7. My idea.
everybody is using it
BLue has always been my favorite color. And with Windows I get to enjoy it on a regular basis!
Spider?… that’s really on the only good thing I can think of
Minesweeper is this shiz.
Windows starts with the word “win”.
Windows are fun to open. They also let in cool air when its hot.
Windows 7 is good because its better than vista.
Minesweeper!
Windows is the best OS to use for testing out your new Anti Virus Security software!
Windows allows me to run Sound Forge, and that is the best audio editing software out there. I love video editing software and DAWs on OS X, but Sound Forge is the one thing I could not replace with a Mac program.
Windows is highly customizable and modifiable
do i HAVE to really?????
oh geez; i guess windows has been around a long time and they do make the best software in the world and their computers are simply awesome, amazing, divine, heavenly, dreamy, outstanding, delicious, did i say amazing already.
aaaaarrggghhhhh, aaaaaarrrrgggggghhhhhh, i was having a nightmare and dreamt that i was saying positive things about Windows; please tell me it was just a dream, just a dream; PLEASE!!!
I use windows for some things, it works for what I need it to do…
I still use XP… I have heard Win & is pretty good…
Might check it out…
Despite the various disappointments, Windows does complements what other O.S. can’t do.
Free stuff. Sweet.
Something positive about windows … more games available than my beloved MAC
I like big open windows looking out at the sky….
Windows beats DOS any day.
media center extender for xbox
I like windows since windows 7 appeared… It is SO MUCH BETTER than with VISTA!!!! (and for the macfan in all of us: because they inspire themselves *to keep it positive* from the best (AAPL!).
Windows blows….
Except for Solidworks and AutoCAD.
Windows, from version to version, continues to add a whole bunch of new useful technologies under the hood, that although many people are unaware of them, they get to enjoy their outcomes. Example: BitLocker and BitLockerToGo in windows 7 that allows drive encryption from local to usb drives.