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Top Alternatives to Parallels Desktop for Mac

Parallels Desktop

Parallels Desktop

  • Trial version

  • 3.1

  • (61 votes)

Run several other operating systems on your PC

Long gone are the days when your PC was restricted to running just one operating system.Nowadays, you can run several different editions of Windows plus others such as Linux simultaneously thanks to virtual environments. And perhaps none does it...
  1. Parallels Desktop

    Parallels Desktop

    • 3.3

    • Trial version

    Run Windows on your Mac without rebooting

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    Alternatives to Parallels Desktop

    Long gone are the days when you had to choose between Mac or PC - now you can have your cake and eat it with Parallels Desktop 8.0 which allows you to run...

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  2. VMware Fusion

    VMware Fusion

    • 3.5

    • Trial version

    Run Other Computer OS Alongside Your macOS

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    VMware Fusion is a software virtualization hypervisor—or virtual machine monitor—developed by VMware for Mac computers. This software tool gives you a...

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  3. Wineskin Winery

    Wineskin Winery

    • 3.3

    • Free

    Use Windows programs on Mac OS X

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    Wineskin Winery is a free and open-source tool for running Windows apps on Apple computers. Based on the free Wine software, Wineskin Winery automates the...

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  4. CrossOver Mac

    CrossOver Mac

    • 2.7

    • Trial version

    Run your Windows software on your Mac

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    CrossOver is a premium utilities and tools app that allows you to run Windows software on your Mac computer without installing a copy of Windows....

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  5. WineBottler

    WineBottler

    • 2.9

    • Free

    Run Windows applications on your Mac

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    Most people who need Windows access use a virtual environment such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion to run Windows applications virtually on a Mac.However, if...

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  6. Parallels Access

    Parallels Access

    • 5

    • Trial version

    Mac client for Parallels Access

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    Parallels Access allows you to remotely access Mac and Windows applications on your Windows Phone. This means you can use applications such as Office, iWork...

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  7. Parallels Desktop Lite

    Parallels Desktop Lite

    • 3

    • Free

    Use Windows/Linux and Mac Simultaneously Without Bootcamp

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    Parallels Desktop Lite is a software program that lets you run Linux and Windows on your Mac without putting you through bootcamp. And you can seamlessly...

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  8. VirtualBox

    VirtualBox

    • 3.4

    • Free

    A free virtualization tool

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    VirtualBox is a free and open-source virtualization tool that can help you create an emulated machine on your Windows computer. The application is fully...

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  9. Wine

    Wine

    • 2.6

    • Free

    Run Windows apps on your Mac OS

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    Wine is an open-source software program that helps in running Windows applications on Mac computers. Instead of working like an emulator or virtual machine...

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