Using Parallels Desktop to install Windows and the dev tools on your Mac
Summary
Learn how to use Parallels Desktop to install Windows8 and Microsoft Visual
Studio Express2012 for Windows8 on your Mac.
In this article
What you'll need Step 1: Install Parallels Desktop Step 2: Set up Parallels
Desktop Step 3: Install Windows8 Step 4: Install Visual Studio Express2012
for Windows8 Related resources
Follow these steps to use Parallels Desktop to install Windows 8 and Visual
Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 on your Mac.
What you'll need
You'll need the following to use Parallels Desktop to install Windows 8 and
Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 on your Mac:
Parallels Desktop. To download a trial version of Parallels Desktop, see
Download Parallels Desktop for Mac. A Windows 8 bootable DVD or a Windows 8
disk image (.iso) file. To get a Windows 8 .iso file, go to De... (more)
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