User`s guide

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Parallels Desktop enables you to use the hardware resources of your Intel-based Windows
®
or
Linux
®
computer more efficiently by sharing them between multiple virtual machines running
on it.
In This Chapter
About Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................ 7
About This Guide.................................................................................................................. 8
Getting Help.......................................................................................................................... 10
Feedback ............................................................................................................................... 10
Acknowledgements............................................................................................................... 11
About Parallels Desktop
Parallels Desktop is a virtualization solution that enables you to create virtual machines on
computers with Intel
®
processors (1.66 GHz and faster) and a Windows or Linux operating
system installed. You can install a Windows, Linux, or another supported guest operating
system in each of your virtual machines and work with them and their applications side by side
with the applications of the primary operating system installed on the physical computer.
Built on Parallels’ hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Desktop enables you to:
 create powerful and easy-to-use virtual machines
 use Windows and Linux applications side by side with the primary operating system
applications
To enhance your experience of running more than one operating system on your physical
computer, Parallels Desktop includes several add-on utilities:
 Parallels Transporter
®
for migrating physical computers and third-party virtual machines to
Parallels virtual machines
 Parallels Image Tool for maintaining the capacity and other properties of your virtual hard
disks
 Parallels Compressor
®
for compressing the data stored on Windows virtual hard disks
C HAPTER 1
Introduction