It seems to handle just about any device I want to use under Windows: my scanner, my printer, DVD drives, card reader, external speakers, router, and cable modem as well as my wireless keyboard and mouse.” Charlie likes that he doesn’t have to think about Parallels Desktop other than to start it up, start Windows, and let it do its thing.
“Windows 10 and Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac have been very stable working together. Now, almost 10 years later, he’s still a happy customer! Armed with a new MacPro, Windows, and Parallels Desktop, he was able to save the invaluable family history and trash the old PC. He had to figure out a way to conserve the precious data his parents so painstakingly gathered by hand and transferred to a Windows-only program…on his beloved Apple OS. After his parents passed, Charlie inherited the family geneology project -but faced a dilemma. His love affair with Mac started with an Apple II and strengthened through the years as he upgraded to an Apple II+, an Apple II GS, a Performa, etc. Now, to say that Charlie is a Mac loyalist would be an understatement. Then, with his assistance, they eventually moved all their family research onto a Dell computer using software called Family Tree Maker for Windows. His mother and father started the project using old letters and scraps of paper from their past, writing everything down on notebook paper. Charlie is 71 years young and enjoying retirement by working extensively on the genealogy of his family and related families as well as the local histories of the areas they settled.