Questions & Answers for Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac Student License

Yes, if you install Parallels Desktop 8 on your Mac and add Windows then you can use IE on your Mac.

• Answered by John U from Bellevue
• Apr 2, 2013
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yes the windows OS CD isn't include (its sold separably ) as said when you look in the compatibility (last line)(i added **** to it at the binning of the line and the end of it to highlight it
Compatibility
Mac
Mac OS X v 10.5.8, v 10.6.3, v 10.7, v10.8 or later
2 GB (4 GB recommended)
Intel Core 2 Duo processor (Intel Core Solo and Core Duo processors no longer supported)
At least 700 MB of free hard-drive space for Parallels Desktop installation plus space to allocate to your virtual machine.
DVD
**** Windows operating system (Sold separately) ****

• Answered by Carl G from St-felicien
• Feb 8, 2013
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I'm running that way right now. 0.1% CPU and 247 MB of memory are used by Parallels. That's effectively nothing.

• Answered by Timothy O from Dover
• Mar 22, 2013
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all you need is office package for mac...there is no need to get parallel desktops or windows....the package include's word-exel-powerpoint-outlookexpress......etc...

• Answered by Daniel G from London
• Oct 22, 2012
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Yes you do, but you can download windows 8 preview for free.
Otherwise there are ways of getting softwares for free, but I am not going further on that.

• Answered by Samad G
• Oct 21, 2012
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yes it will. I have the 13'' Macbook Pro without the retina display and it works fine.

• Answered by Daniel M from Augusta
• Jan 22, 2013
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I think you are confused about what Parallels is. Parallels is a Mac program that lets you emulate Windows (and, because of that, Windows programs) inside of Mac OSX. This is helpful if you are in a workplace that uses Windows and you need compatibility.

Another thing you might of meant is, "Do I have to buy Windows and Office for Parallels?". (Word is included in Office.) The answer to that is yes. You need a retail copy of either Vista or 7 to run inside of Parallels. Then you buy Office to run in Windows.

If you are getting Parallels just to run Office, then stop right there. Microsoft makes a wonderful version of Office for Mac that offers full functionality. Another option altogether is to dump Microsoft and get Apple's alternative, iWork. Although I personally have never used it, I know for a fact that it has no issues with any Office filetypes.

I hope I helped!

• Answered by Joseph R from Puyallup
• Oct 10, 2012
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Autodesk even recommends Parallels Desktop as the preferred solution to run it on Macs.

• Answered by Rudolf S
• Feb 11, 2013
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