When the Fortune article broke the news about SWsoft acquiring Parallels almost three years ago in a very "quiet" transaction, it also spoke about the possibilities of having a virtualized Mac OS X ...

Currently, you create virtual machines (VMs) using standard operating system (OS) installation media. You use the same Windows DVDs, Linux CDs and DVDs or ISO files ...

For many years, Apple’s OS X (now macOS) met Windows in various dual-boot options that usually swapped out the Apple OS by running or sharing the Intel chip at the heart of the Mac. The root-level ...

A clause in the license for the latest server edition of Mac OS X will let the software run outside of a fully native environment — and developers are relishing the prospects of supporting virtual ...

One of the bigger names in virtualization — VMware — has remained strangely silent on the subject of Macintosh support, but it’s silent no more. On Monday, VMware announced support for the Mac with a ...

Even if you’re a Windows fan, you’ve probably thought about trying OS X. Maybe you’d like to test drive OS X before switching to a Mac or building a Hackintosh, or maybe you just want to run that one ...

For the first time, Apple is allowing owners of OS X (client version) to run multiple virtual copies on the same machine. Previously, Apple extended this ability to Mac OS X Server only. Running ...

Internet Explorer may seem like a forgotten relic for most Mac owners, but for some, old flames die hard. Microsoft’s Web browser quickly faded from popularity on Apple rigs starting in 2003, when ...

Parallels has posted instructions on how to install the developer release of OS X Mavericks into its virtualization software. Installing the beta in a virtual machine allows developers to test their ...

The newest version of Parallels Desktop brings a Windows 7-style Start menu and button to Windows 8. If you have a Windows 8 virtual machine running on Parallels Desktop 9, you can change to a Windows ...