Primary Operating Systems Supported
Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later;
New! Compatible with developer build of Mac OS X 10.5, code-named "Leopard"
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Hardware Requirements
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Mac Computer
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Support on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro.
New! Includes support for 64-bit Intel-powered quad-processor Mac Pro Towers and iMac:
- No RAM limitations
- No hardware re-configurations
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Processor
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Intel x86 CoreSolo or CoreDuo Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
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Memory
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Minimum memory requirements of 512 MB RAM.
Recommended to use 1 GB RAM
30 MB of available hard drive space for Parallels Desktop installation plus sufficient space allocated for the virtual machine.
15 GB of hard drive space recommended.
New! No hardware re-configurations required for 64-bit quad-processor Mac Pro Towers & 64-bit iMac.
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Display
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16-bit or 32-bit display adapter recommended
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Guest Operating Systems supported
Microsoft Windows: 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, and 2003.
New! Support for Windows Vista RC2
Linux Distributions: SUSE, Red Hat, Debian, Fedora Core, Mandriva and more
Other: FreeBSD, OS/2, eComStation, Solaris, MS-DOS, OPENSTEP, and OpenBSD 3.8.
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Guest Hardware Requirements
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Processor
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Virtualized Processor of the Host computer
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Motherboard
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Generic motherboard compatible with Intel i815 chipset
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Memory
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1500 MB RAM available for 32-bit guest virtual machines
New! No RAM limitations for guest virtual machines running on 64-bit iMac or 64-bit Mac Pro Towers.
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Keyboard
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104-key Windows enhanced keyboard
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Mouse
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PS/2 wheel mouse
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Display
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VGA and SVGA with VESA 3.0 support
3D Accelerator/Direct X 3D Graphics is currently not supported in this version.
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IDE Drives
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Up to 4 IDE Devices; CD/DVD-ROM Drives, Virtual Hard drives or any combination of the two.
Virtual Hard Drive from 20 MB up to 128 GM each, mapped to ISO image file
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Floppy Drives
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1.44 Floppy drive mapped into display or ISO image drive
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CD Drives
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CD/DVD-ROM drives mapped to physical drive or ISO image drive.
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SCSI Drives
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Generic SCSI Support allows use of devices without the need of host OS drivers.
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Sound Card
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AC'97-compatible sound card, Sound recording is supported |
Serial Ports
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Up to three bi-directional parallel (LPT) ports mapped to output file
Up to four Serial (COM) Port mapped to a socket or to an output file
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Ethernet� Cards
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Ethernet virtual network card compatible with RTL8029 bridged to Apple Ethernet or Apple Airport adapter, host-only networking or Mac Internet sharing;
Wireless networking support
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USB Ports
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2-port USB controller 1.1 (USB 2.0 devices supported at speed close to native);
Support multi-interface & isochronous USB devices including USB Printers, Scanners, PDA's, Windows Mobile 2005 devices, Web Cameras, hard disk drives, and speakers.
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