I know one of the challenges I faced when switching from PC to a Mac was learning how to game. It felt overwhelming that gaming was exclusively in the realm of PC’s. Ric from MacgamerHQ.com is here to remind us that isn’t so! Ric and I sat down to nerd out about gaming on a […]
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Happy Birthday Windows 10! As of today, Windows 10 has been around for a full year! We’ve been having a lot of fun with the latest (last?) OS from Microsoft on our Macs. The first OS to let you run a virtual assistant on your Mac, way less of the tiles (we weren’t a fan), […]
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Jacques Bouliane is an Engineer by trade and a self-described PC guy…all of his computers have been PC’s. That is, until this year. It was only really due to his health actually, that he came across Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac. In 2011, Jacques was diagnosed with lymphoma and had his spleen removed. In 2014, he […]
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Meet Sam Wood. Sam is a real power-user of Parallels Desktop for Mac; it is an essential part of his workflow as an organizer of a Taekwon-Do competition and as a software developer. Today, he would like to share its virtues and benefits with you. Sam is one of the organizers of a famous Taekwon-Do competition […]
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For whatever reason, you might have not updated your Windows virtual machine to Windows 10 yet. Maybe the tiles from Windows 8 turned you off, maybe you have programs that are only supported in Windows 7? Whatever the reason, you might want to take advantage of the short window we have left to get the […]
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The earliest approximation of π (or: “Pi”) was discovered by ancient Babylonians nearly 4,000 years ago. Since then, π has been one of the most important and celebrated number in science and mathematics. Most of us can recite the approximate value of π from memory (hint: it’s 3.14), and many of our modern scientific and technological […]
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When we say Students can BYOD – we’re talking about the idea that you aren’t roped into carrying a PC laptop just because you’re in school. Have you ever looked at your class syllabus and felt that *thud* in the pit of your stomach when you realize the software you need for the class doesn’t […]
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Guest blog from support team member: Ajith Mamolin Are you planning to upgrade your Mac or get a new one? Or just getting a replacement? Congrats, and heres to hoping your new Mac is even more powerful than your last one! As you are reading this blog, there is a good chance you have Parallels Desktop installed. Let’s walk […]
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Guest post from support engineer Pradeep Raj How-to change Parallels Desktop VM name We all use our virtual machines for different purposes like software development, testing, gaming, office use, etc… If you work with more than one virtual machines which have the same OS type installed, the VM names may look confusing. Or perhaps […]
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