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1. WILL WINDOWS PROGRAMS THAT DONT RUN ON OSX RUN BETTER ON WINDOEWS FOR MAC WINDOWS 10
2. WILL WINDOWS PROGRAMS THAT DONT RUN ON OSX RUN BETTER ON WINDOEWS FOR MAC PC
3. WILL WINDOWS PROGRAMS THAT DONT RUN ON OSX RUN BETTER ON WINDOEWS FOR MAC MAC

WILL WINDOWS PROGRAMS THAT DONT RUN ON OSX RUN BETTER ON WINDOEWS FOR MAC PC

Plus, heavy-duty PC games are still written almost entirely for Windows.

WILL WINDOWS PROGRAMS THAT DONT RUN ON OSX RUN BETTER ON WINDOEWS FOR MAC MAC

And Parallels doesn’t just run Windows 10: It can run multiple versions of Windows, Linux and even older Mac operating systems in virtual machines. Some power users of Office still prefer the Windows version.

Some people who work for big companies still need to use in-house apps that run on Windows only. Well, some programs and sites, especially in banking and finance, are still Windows-only, or still require Internet Explorer, which lacks a Mac version. So why would anyone still need or want Parallels? The Mac-Windows rivalry has been replaced by the iOS-Android rivalry, and iPhone and iPad users aren’t at an app disadvantage. Many PC use cases have moved to mobile apps Apple’s iOS mobile operating system gets excellent versions of these apps, and often gets them first. Perhaps even more important has been the rise of smartphones and tablets, where Apple maintains a strong position. Even Microsoft has brought the native Mac version of Office far closer to parity with the Windows version. Macs have become more common (though still the minority among PCs) and app makers have produced many more good Mac-native apps than existed in 2006. Now, however, the web and web apps have drastically reduced Mac users’ need to run local Windows apps. You had to reboot each time you wanted to switch. Boot Camp also allowed you to run Windows on a Mac, but required you to carve out a separate Windows partition on your hard disk, and you could only run one OS at a time. Parallels also offered a smoother solution than Apple’s own method for solving this problem: A feature called Boot Camp that’s still built into the Mac. When it was launched, shortly after Apple switched the Mac to the same Intel processors that Windows used, it was a big deal, because there were still lots of apps that were only available for Windows or - like Microsoft Office - were vastly better on Windows. However, the world has changed a lot since then, and the need for Parallels has diminished for average Mac users. If you love and use the Mac but need to use a few Windows apps, Parallels does the trick. When Parallels first came out, in 2006, I called it “a pleasure to use” and “the best of both worlds.” After using this new version, Parallels 12, I can say with confidence that, in my tests, it still is. (God, I hope Apple gives the Air a power bump, and soon.) The only sign of strain is the constant, low whir of the fans - but, to be honest, my faithful Air cranks up the fans pretty often these days, even when it’s just running macOS, and it did so even before Sierra. That includes two instances of the constantly-updating TweetDeck app for Twitter power users. Through all this, the aging Air performed smoothly and quickly, even though I’m now running three Windows apps and 11 Mac apps, including two browsers - Microsoft Edge and Apple Safari - with about 15 tabs open, total. Parallels Desktop 12 and its handy-dandy wizard Parallels Desktop Then I copied and pasted the whole thing again from Word for Windows into Google Docs running in Safari natively on the Mac. And I wrote this sentence in Notes and copied and pasted it back into the Windows version of Word. I just copied and pasted the paragraph above into Apple’s proprietary Notes app, exactly as I could from a native Mac app.

WILL WINDOWS PROGRAMS THAT DONT RUN ON OSX RUN BETTER ON WINDOEWS FOR MAC WINDOWS 10

With Parallels Desktop, I can hop back and forth between Sierra and Windows 10 - and even between individual apps- with ease. It’s faster and smoother than ever and has some new tricks, including a new Mac utility suite that’s also sold separately. I’m doing this all with the new version of a 10-year-old program, Parallels Desktop, which came out last month for $80 from a Seattle-area company of the same name.

For instance, the Windows version of Word is running in its own window, right alongside open Mac apps, including Apple Mail and Safari. Instead, I’m running Windows 10 and its apps concurrently with the brand-new macOS Sierra. And I haven’t had to give over the Air entirely to Windows.

But I’m not using a Windows PC I’m using a three-year-old MacBook Air. The process is as smooth as you’d expect on PC hardware built for Windows, with no hesitation or freezing, and all the features are enabled. I’m writing this paragraph in Word for Windows on Windows 10. Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Recode by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, executive editor at The Verge and editor at large of Recode.