Parallels on Wednesday announced the release of Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac with built-in support for Apple's upcoming OS X 10.10 Yosemite, faster Windows app performance, better battery life. 1 Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac and Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac Enterprise Edition has experimental support for many of the features of OS X Yosemite Developer Preview, bringing them to Windows.

Fall is around the corner, which means a new version of OS X is almost here. That also means a new version of Parallels — the software that lets you run Windows on a Mac — is almost here, too, and this time there's a big emphasis on speed.

With Parallels Desktop 10 installed on your Mac, you won't just be able to run Windows on a 'virtual machine' within your Mac, you'll be able to do it significantly faster then previous generations. Windows documents open 48% faster, and Office 2013 apps launch 50% faster, the company claims. At the same time, battery life is extended up to 30%, and the Windows 'machine' uses 10% less memory.

The new version also further erases the line between OS X and Windows with a few new tricks: Windows apps are automatically added to the Mac's Launchpad, and you can even use the Windows 8.1 Start screen as Aobo keylogger for mac crack. the Launchpad. Parallels enables sharing from Windows apps to any of the user's Internet accounts on the Mac side. Even the Mac's little red balloon notifiers get Windows-friendly, appearing on the Microsoft Outlook icon.

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As with previous versions of Parallels, all your Windows apps appear in your Mac's launcher, just with the red Parallels icon to show they're not native to the Mac.

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Of course, Parallels Desktop 10 supports OS X Yosemite (scheduled for release 'in the fall,' according to Apple), and brings some of its features to Windows apps, including the ability to save to iCloud Drive, and share via iMessage.

The software supports older versions of OS X back to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. You can create more than one virtual machine, letting you run multiple versions of Windows and even Android on the same hardware — very handy for developers.

Parallels Desktop 10 will be available Aug. 26 for $79.99, but if you have the previous version, upgrading costs $49.99. The Student Edition is $39.99. Big, obvious caveat: if you don't already have Windows, you have to buy a Windows license, too, and that costs $119. Adium or pidgin for mac. At least this edition makes that easy for developers who can download 90-day trials of Windows virtual machines. There's also an enterprise edition that throws in a few extra features for device management.

Love running Windows on your Mac so much that you want to bring it to your iPad, too? Parallels also offers a way to access computers (real and virtual) from your tablet via an app called Parallels Access.

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Correction: This article originally stated Parallels Desktop 10 allows you to buy a Windows license while creating a virtual machine. In fact, it only facilitates the download of a 90-day trial version.