Windows 8 on Parallels Desktop 5?

Discussion in 'macOS Virtual Machine' started by MarianDi, Oct 27, 2012.

  1. MarianDi

    MarianDi Bit poster

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    Can I upgrade for Windows 8 on my Windows XP SP 2 with my Parallels Desktop 5?
     
  2. Specimen

    Specimen Product Expert

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    At your own risk, PDM5 is not supported anymore, in fact its support cycle ended before Windows 8 was released (and the last version precedes Win8 previews by many months), Parallels Tools in v5 don't support it, and Windows 8 introduces many differences from previous Win versions, specially at the user interface level, so many things will just not work. Most likely it will be a frustrating experience.

    http://kb.parallels.com/114604
     
    Last edited: Oct 27, 2012

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