Item: Parallels Desktop for Mac
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Parallels Desktop

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Parallels Desktop in our organization for users who use Mac platform. Many products for which we provide consulting services such as Oracle EBS and some integration software for Oracle Cloud do not work on Mac. Parallels Desktop allows us to use these software with ease and efficiency without having dedicated separate machines.

Pros and Cons

Pros

You don't need to switch between host and guest system like other virtual systems.
Apps from the guest system shows in menu which makes them seamless to use.
Even the most resource intensive software run smoothly such as visual studio.

Cons

The overall requirement to run this on older laptops is bit too high. If you are running with less than 8 GB ram, it slows down the system quite badly.
Installation is quite tricky.

Return on Investment

It has greatly reduced the amount that we were spending on separate machines. Now having one Mac is enough to run Windows, Mac and Linux all in one machine.
I have a reason to believe that it's much easier for IT to set someone up on Parallels Desktop than VMWare or Virtual Box and users are significantly happier with the former option.

Alternatives Considered

Not recommended for non-technical users but VMWare and Virtual Box are acceptable alternatives to these.

Other Software Used

SpiraTest, AWS Cloud9, Workday Human Capital Management, Workday Student, Oracle Student Cloud

Likelihood to Recommend

If your organisation relies on multiple platforms where your users are frequently switching between multiple platforms, Parallels Desktop is a life saver. Especially when your user base is not as technical as developers. Having parallels desktop instead of more traditional VM solutions makes it user friendly for the end users and reduces the load of IT teams.

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