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Parallels Workstation 2.2 review

Can the Mac's favourite virtualisation software win over Windows users?

Our Score 3.5

Last reviewed: 2009-06-29June 29th 2009

Price at launch £32.00
Description Virtual Machine for Linux and Windows
Features Parallels Workstation now installs on new Linux kernel (2.6.23) / Support up to 5 network adapters in VM simultaneously / supports Ubuntu 7.10 and Fedora 8 as primary OS and guest OSes / Windows Vista can run legacy software not fully compatible with the new OS / Run multiple applications, optimized for different operating systems
Additional Requirements For full list of supported linux distros please see manufacturers site
Min Processor Speed (GHz) 1.5
OS Requirements Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4, Microsoft Windows 2000 SP 4, Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows XP , Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Platform Windows/Linux
Required Hard Disk Space (MB) 25

Product Summary

Workstation 2.2

Parallels Workstation 2.2

Price at launch

£32.00

For

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Slick looking

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USB support

Against

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Some slowdown and compatibility issues

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