Parallels Desktop 8 Review - Install or Upgrade to the V8

Read full coverage at http://vmx.biz where we start looking in detail at Parallels Desktop 8, the quick response to VMware's Fusion 5 release. Parallels has been for a long time a favorite of Mac users looking to run Windows on their systems, and VMware was playing catchup in this space since early versions of Fusion. Parallels also had a long tradition of offering competitive upgrades, something that took VMware years to come to terms with and ultimately replicate with Fusion 5. With Parallels 8, the balance disturbed by Fusion 5 seems to have been returned to normal, and virtualization experts are getting two new fresh apps to pitch against each other. Support for Windows 8 and touch devices plays a great role, and so does integration with the native Mac OS. Fresh installs and upgrading from previous versions have been given a lot of attention by both companies, and in this video you can see how smooth the process flows for Parallels Desktop 8.