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| System Requirements of Parallels Desktop for Mac |
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| As a powerful and easy-to-use virtualization application for Inter-based Macs, Parallels Desktop for Mac is designed to work with a wide range of operation systems. Check the following software and hardware requirements necessary for installing Parallels Desktop for Mac. |
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| Software Requirements |
| Primary Operating System: |
Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 or higher running on an Intel Mac. |
| Hardware Requirements |
| Mac Computer |
Support for any 32- or 64-bit Intel-based Mac: |
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iMac |
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Mac mini |
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MacBook |
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Mac Book Pro |
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MacPro Tower |
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| Processors |
Support for any 32- or 64-bit any Intel Core Duo processor featured in new Intel Macs:
Intel Core SoloIntel Core Duo Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Dual-Core Xeon
Includes full support for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT)
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| Memory Requirements |
512 MB minimum available memory (1 GB recommended). Support for any memory configuration (up to 16 GB), without modifying your host system |
| Disk Space |
Software Installation – 70 MB of available hard drive space for Parallels Desktop for Mac installation. (Does not include hard drive space for guest virtual machine.)
Virtual Machine Installation – Hard drive space allocation for virtual machines is dependent upon the guest operating system. 15 GB of available hard drive space is recommended per virtual machine for Windows and Linux |
| CD-ROM |
CD-ROM drive for installation (if applicable) |
| Networking |
Internet connection is required to receive online Parallels Desktop for Mac product updates |
Display
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16-bit or 32-bit display adapter recommended |
| Software Requirements |
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Virtual machine operating systems - such as Windows, Linux, and Solaris - are not included. |
| Guest OS |
Windows |
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3.1 |
2000 |
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3.11 |
XP |
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95 |
2003 |
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98 |
Vistas Business, Ultimate, |
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NT |
& Enterprise |
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| Linux: |
Others: |
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SUSE |
FreeBSD |
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Red Hat |
OS/2 |
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Debian |
eComStation |
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Fedora Core |
Solaris |
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Mandriva |
MS-DOS |
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Xandros |
OpenBSD 3.8 |
| Hardware Requirments |
| Processor |
Virtualized Processor of the Host computer |
| Motherboard |
Generic motherboard compatible with Intel i815 chipset |
| Memory |
Up to 1500 MB RAM available for guest virtual machines |
| Keyboard |
104-key Windows enhanced keyboard |
| Mouse |
PS/2 wheel mouse |
| Display |
VGA and SVGA with VESA 3.0 support
3D Graphics Support  |
| IDE Drives |
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 120 GB each |
| Floppy Drives |
1.44 Floppy drive mapped to FDD image file |
| CD Drives |
CD/DVD-ROM drives mapped to physical drive or ISO image file
Burn CDs and DVDs directly in virtual machines, play audio CDs, and read data from copy-protected CDs and DVDs. |
| Sound Card |
AC'97-compatible sound card. Sound recording is supported |
| Serial Ports |
Up to four Serial (COM) Port mapped to a socket or to an output file |
| Parrllels Ports |
Up to three bi-directional parallel (LPT) ports mapped to output file |
| Ethernet Cards |
Up to 5 Virtual NIC’-s
Ethernet virtual network card compatible with RTL8029 bridged to Apple Ethernet or Apple Airport adapter, connected to host-only or shared networking |
| USB Ports |
USB 2.0 Support; 8 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 1.1 ports |
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| Note: Only 32-bit Guest Operating Systems are currently supported. |
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