Questions & Answers for Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac - Standard Edition
Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac - Standard Edition
96 Questions + 93 Answers
96 Questions from the Community
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I'm confused...I'm planning to buy a MacBookPro Retina Display and would like to know if I need to buy Parallels and Office? Only iWork? Only Office?
- Asked by Veronica M from Miraflores
- May 19, 2013
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AnswerIt is the best decision you would ever make in your life...your life productivity will increase multi-fold using Apple MacBook Pro Retina. I recommend the following:
1. Buy the max hard disk space available if you plan to download your pictures and videos from your iPhone and iPad AND old emails. I bought a 256GB hard disk and have only 16GB left. FIrst analysis is how much space you will occupy in the new MacBook and decide accordingly. You cannot upgrade later.
2. You don't have to install Parallels at all.
3. iWork is great, but you don't have Access. If you need Access, then I suggest you install NeoOffice. Cost is US$ 10 per year. It has everything and more than Office Professional and it will work flawlessly on Retina Display. I evaluated all the other Free Office softwares and chose NeoOffice.
4. I have Parallels and my old Office 2003 Professional, but seldom use it. I use NeoOffice everyday, but miss the feature that iWork would offer me to upload all iWork files automatically on iCloud! I already have bought Keynote and plan to buy Pages and Numbers soon. Unfortunately Apple has stopped trial versions of iLife. I wish they would allow trial before purchase.
5. I do miss Outlook and the ease of emails in Outlook. Mail in Apple is not great. Other than Outlook, you can give up Office.
6. Of course you have one more choice - you can choose Office for Mac including Outlook - NO Access -, over iWork.
I hope this helps.- Answered by Ruumi D
- May 20, 2013
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I want to use Nvivo software which is currently only available for Windows. Would I be able to use this type of software with Parallels Desktop 8?
- Asked by Anne C from Rochedale South
- May 31, 2013
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I just upgraded to Lion from Snow Leopard and my VM Fusion 2.0.8 no longer works in Lion, can I replace my Fusion with PD8 and still access my Win XP?
- Asked by Eric B from Florence
- Jun 15, 2013
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Can I dowload sage accounts into the windows side or any software ?
I need the windows side to be able to work from, am I able to download any software such as SAGE which is only compatible with windows onto the parrells windows side ?
- Asked by Sunil P
- Jun 11, 2013
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Diference between student license and standard
- Asked by Ivan T from Morelia
- Jun 5, 2013
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can I simply transfer my current win7 environmet to a new mac book pro with parallels and have all my windows software work? is porting easy or hard?
I have a high performance pc based laptop with lots of software and am considering a high performance mac book. I really really don't want to have to do a windows install, then do a autocad install then do a microsoft office install then .... etc etc etc.
or is this just unavoidable?- Asked by Charlie R from Kingston
- Mar 7, 2013
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Best AnswerI ported my Win 7 complete with all its applications, and everything works, including MS Office. I used an external disk to do the port, which took about an hour in total, following the good instructional steps in Parallels. I moved my data separately, and sat it all in my Mac folders, so I had to change some default 'save' settings in Office etc. I had to go online to re-validate Win 7. Copy and paste between Windows and OS X apps works beautifully.
- Answered by E R
- Apr 7, 2013
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Can I run OSX Snow Leopard on my iMac (with OSX Mountain Lion already installed) using Parallels 8?
- Asked by Richard W from Yuma
- May 18, 2013
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Which is better for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator X - Parallels, VMFusion or Bootcamp?
I have a new iMac 27" system and trying to determine which way to go in order to install the Microsoft FSX. What are the pros and cons?
- Asked by Thomas T from Suffield
- Mar 29, 2013
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can I run Wordperfect on a imac with Parallels
My wife and I have used Wordperfect for many years and would like to be able to run it on an Imac we are contemplating buying.
- Asked by Fred L from Sherrills Ford
- Apr 27, 2013
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what 5 licenses are included in the software
- Asked by John K from Reno
- May 5, 2013
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i have imac 2012 with osx 10.8.3, will parallels desktop 8 for mac work with windows XP and autoCAD LT 2007?
i own xp and autoCAD LT 2007 and just use it to draw projects for my own family projects..... it would probably be the only thing i will use windows for?
- Asked by John V from Champaign
- May 5, 2013
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Will this enable the running of Serif programs such as PagePlus X6 on my iMac?
- Asked by Ronald W
- Oct 5, 2012
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Yes, you can upgrade to Windows 8 inside Parallels Desktop 8.
Detailed instructions can be found in Knowledge Base article # 114985 on the Parallels site.
Kurt Schmucker
Senior Product Manager
II Parallels- Answered by Kurt S from Bellevue
- Apr 10, 2013
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Will this program allow me to run OneNote on my Mac and save all of my previous OneNote files from my old pc to my mac?
- Asked by Natalie C from Auburn
- Oct 15, 2012
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What is the difference between international english and multi-language pack.
I am referring to Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac - Standard Edition. Since multi-language version also contains English besides other languages, why is International english version much more expensive than multi-language version?
- Asked by Jeffrey Sw K
- Apr 25, 2013
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Will Parallels run Win98
Are any of the earlier versions of Windows supported by Parallels?
- Asked by Jim B from Seattle
- Feb 11, 2013
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AnswerParallels only supports the second edition (SE) of Windows 98.
Parallels supports these 32-bit versions of Windows:
Windows 8
Windows 7 SP1
Windows Vista SP0, SP1, SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
Windows XP Professional SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
Windows XP Home SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Windows 2000 Server SP4
Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6
Windows ME
Windows 98 SE
Windows 95
Windows 3.11
And these 64-bit versions of Windows:
Windows 8
Windows 7 SP1
Windows Vista SP0, SP1, SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
Windows XP Professional SP2- Answered by Nate T from Augusta
- Feb 13, 2013
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I got the Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac Student License, it asks for activation key when installing
The activation key is not on the box that came, and it tells me I'm using a trial version. How do I get the license no?
- Asked by Monorina M from Pasadena
- Mar 6, 2013
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Can i run adobe photoshop for windows
- Asked by Riphot G from Chicago
- Apr 23, 2013
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If I buy this can I run Quicken 2013 on my imac?
- Asked by Myra G from Salina
- Apr 2, 2013
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AnswerQuite likely you can. I am able to run Quicken 2000 perfectly, using Windows 7 under Parallels.
- Answered by E R
- Apr 7, 2013
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