Symptoms
After upgrade to Parallels Desktop 8 you experience display issues in Coherence mode:- Windows applications are not rendered correctly
- Application windows like Google are distorted or have artifacts
- Windows text is very small
Workaround
If your Windows Virtual Machine on Retina display has small text and icons:- Go to Virtual Machine menu > Configure... > Hardware >Video > check Larger Text under Resolution

- Open Screen Resolution by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, and then, under Appearance and Personalization, clicking Adjust screen resolution.
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Choose Medium - 125%
- Click Apply.
To see the change, close all of your programs and then log off from Windows. This change will take effect the next time you log on.
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