I’m doing this all with the new version of a 10-year-old program, Parallels Desktop, which came out last month for $80 from a Seattle-area company of the same name. For instance, the Windows version of Word is running in its own window, right alongside open Mac apps, including Apple Mail and Safari. Instead, I’m running Windows 10 and its apps concurrently with the brand-new macOS Sierra. And I haven’t had to give over the Air entirely to Windows. But I’m not using a Windows PC I’m using a three-year-old MacBook Air. The process is as smooth as you’d expect on PC hardware built for Windows, with no hesitation or freezing, and all the features are enabled.
I’m writing this paragraph in Word for Windows on Windows 10. Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Recode by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, executive editor at The Verge and editor at large of Recode.
