Current Parallels Desktop 7 users can get the update by selecting the Parallels Desktop menu and clicking “check for updates”. Besides Windows 8, Parallels Desktop 7 also runs Windows 7, Google Chrome OS, as well as Fedora and Ubuntu flavours of Linux.
Die-hard Mac users may scoff at the idea of running Windows on a Mac, but hey, there are also folks who don’t mind having the best of both worlds. We are currently setting up Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Parallels Desktop 7, so stay tuned for our review!