Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac wins MacUser Awards 2012 for Office and Utility Software of the Year

We are honored that Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac has won the 2012 MacUser Award for Office and Utility Software of the Year. We attribute much of our success to the wonderful people who use Parallels Destkop for Mac to run Windows, Linux, Chrome and other operating systems on the Mac computers they love. Thanks to each and every one of you. 

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Comments

[RicBret]

I'm evaluating a Windows virtualization solution with Parallels and the new MacBook Pro 15" Retina display model. What I'm interested in is what the Windows Performance Information and Tools report is for that model of Macintosh, either the 2.6. or 2.7 ghz model would be sufficient for this baseline. I'm trying to evaluate the eventual potential of using Parallels vs a number of Windows laptops.

Thanks!
-Ric

[Parallels Administrator]

Hey Ric,

Thanks for the question. I'm not exactly sure what the answer to your question is but i'm using a retina MBP with 8gb of RAM and Windows runs great for me. I've tried to look up the information you asked about but I haven't had any luck. Parallels Desktop is being used by lots of 3D designers, architects, musicians and other pro's who rely on serious performance quality when running Windows apps. What are you wanting to run in Windows on your rMBP?

[RicBret]

In Windows, go into control panel and open the Performance Information and Tools. Should give you a series of grades for Processor, RAM, Graphics, Gaming Graphics and Primary Hard Disk. There's also a summary score. That's what I'm interested in. Also whether your MacBook was purchased with the 2.6 or 2.7 ghz microprocessor, which is likely 2.6 unless you actually upgraded it.

I run a wide variety of Adobe, Microsoft, and various graphics and video processing tools. I'm using these benchmarks to do performance evaluations between computer options, and to compare with my current MacBook (two generations back 17").

Thanks,
-Ric

[Parallels Administrator]

I'll get that score to you by Monday Ric.

Thanks