There should be a more obvious way to do it. After checking out, I received an email. I was then able to download the installer for Windows Professional, which included the installation instructions. Unfortunately, the installation instructions were for Parallels 6 and they were in fact incorrect; they advised me not to install the bit version of Windows, for example. Once I got through this initial confusion, the actual Windows installation was quite straightforward and took only about 15 minutes.
I also installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition build 7. As noted, installation was fast and simple, and included the installation of the required tools for integration of the mouse, accelerated 3D graphics, and on-the-fly window resizing.
When creating a new Windows virtual machine, this dialog lets you choose the degree of integration with the Mac OS you can change these settings later. By default, Parallels configures Windows 7 so that your user is the Administrator. This is not a good thing—Windows 7 actually disables the Administrator account by default. Once I was up and running, I ran Office , Adobe Acrobat, and a number of other general application programs. They all ran without troubles and never felt slow in any way.
I also tested a number of games which are great ways to stress-test virtual machines. Overall, I was amazed at the performance I saw. Popular Topics in Apple.
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