use Windows and Linux applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications, without restarting your Mac.use 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems inside your virtual machines.create powerful and easy to use virtual machines.You can install a Windows, Linux, or other operating system in each of your virtual machines, and work with them and their applications side by side with your Mac OS X applications.īuilt on Parallels' award-winning hypervisor-based virtualization technology, Parallels Desktop enables you to: Parallels Desktop will enable you to quickly and easily create virtual machines on most Intel-based Macs.