Watch a video demo of how to install virtual machines (VMs) in Parallels Desktop 16.5 on an M1 Mac: VMonM1Mac. Testers loved Parallels Desktop’s easy-to-use features and seamless integration of Windows with macOS Big Sur, which increased productivity,” said Dobrovolskiy.
“We received enthusiastic feedback about the remarkable performance of both the Technical Preview of Parallels Desktop 16 for M1 Mac and Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview as well as x86 applications and games, including Rocket League, Among Us, Roblox, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Sam & Max Save the World and many others. More than 100,000 M1 Mac users tested the Technical Preview of Parallels Desktop 16.5 for M1 Mac and ran Microsoft’s Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview, as well as tens of thousands of different Intel-based Windows applications-including Microsoft Office for Windows, Microsoft Visual Studio, SQL Server, Microsoft PowerBI and MetaTrader. “The transition has been smooth for most Mac applications, thanks to Rosetta technology. However, virtual machines are an exception and thus Parallels engineers implemented native virtualization support for the Mac with M1 chip. This enables our users to enjoy the best Windows-on-Mac experience available.” “Apple’s M1 chip is a significant breakthrough for Mac users,” said Nick Dobrovolskiy, Parallels Senior Vice President of Engineering and Support. Separate Parallels Access ( /access) and the just-redesigned and simplified Parallels Toolbox ( /toolbox) apps, which are both included for free concurrently with Parallels Desktop subscriptions, now also provide native support for M1 Mac computers. 2 The M1 chip’s superior performance delivers the world’s fastest integrated graphics in a personal computer, revolutionary power efficiency, and was designed to work with macOS Big Sur 3-which Parallels Desktop 16.5 transforms into a new standard for a seamless Windows-on-Mac experience. It also delivers M1 support for the most popular ARM-based Linux distributions.
So, users can no longer be distracted from important tasks, since the shutdown and logon screens will now be displayed in a separate window that can be easily minimized.Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac Supports Both M1 and Intel Chips Run Windows 10 at Native Speeds on Mac Computers with a Seamless Experience Loved by Millions1 – Parallels Access and Parallels Toolbox apps have native support for M1 Mac Computersīellevue, Wash.-April 14, 2021-Parallels ®, a global leader in cross-platform solutions, today released the highly anticipated Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac ( /desktop), which features full native support for Mac computers equipped with either Apple M1 or Intel chips. Experience Windows 10 ARM Insider Preview and its applications on Apple M1 Mac computers. It will allow you to run Windows and Mac applications at the same time without even opening a Windows virtual machine window. The software comes with improvements made to the Coherence mode. It also provides higher frame rates in many 2D games such as Foregone and Smelter.
The similar for graphics processing with DirectX 11, that is now 28% faster.Īdditionally, Parallels Desktop 17 introduces an improved display driver that improves the responsiveness and usability of the Windows user interface. Also, drive data transfer is now 20% faster. Macs with Apple M1 chips now run 33% faster on Windows 10 on ARM. In addition, on devices with Intel processors in macOS Big Sur virtual machines (or newer), the network connection speed is 60% faster than before. 2D graphics performance on Windows improved by 25%. Also, it renders OpenGL graphics six times faster. In terms of performance improvements, Parallels says Windows, Linux and macOS systems are now 38% faster to resume on all supported devices. The release of both systems is scheduled for the end of 2021, but now you can install preliminary versions of them in a virtual machine. The latter can act as both the main and guest operating systems. The main innovation in Parallels Desktop 17, of course, is support for Windows 11 and macOS Monterey.