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Official Statement

Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac is compatible with Mac OS X Lion. When using Parallels Desktop with Mac OS X Lion, you can also run Lion as a guest operating system in a virtual machine.

Note: When using Parallels Desktop with previous versions of Mac OS X, such as Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion cannot be used as a guest OS.

Parallels Desktop 7 takes advantages of new Mac OS X Lion features including:
• Application resume
• Launchpad
• Full-screen apps
• Animation support for Windows installed in a virtual machine
Refer to this article to learn how to install Mac OS X Lion in a Parallels Desktop 7 virtual machine.