

Additionally, disk performance is up 20% for Apple M1 users versus Parallels Desktop 16.5.Īcross the board, there are significant performance improvements that almost make you forget you're using a virtual desktop. The latest Parallels Desktop version runs Windows 38% faster than before, while graphics performance has increased 25% for 2D graphics and 28% for Directx 11. Across the board, there are significant performance improvements that almost make you forget you're using a virtual desktop. Speed isn't just left for the Parallels Desktop 17 installation. Once you've downloaded Parallels Desktop 17, the installation process is a breeze that takes just a few minutes. It wasn't that long ago when installing Parallels Desktop required a lot of time and patience. On top of that, Microsoft has listed a number of other limitations for this platform worth bearing in mind.Īs far as compatibility is concerned, more than 100,000 M1-powered Mac users tested the Technical Preview of Parallels Desktop 16.5 for M1 Mac, along with tens of thousands of different Intel based Windows applications.MacOS Monterey and Windows 11 using Coherence mode (Image credit: iMore) Also, you can't run 64-bit (圆4) applications, and are limited to 64-bit (ARM64), 32-bit (ARM32), and 32-bit (x86) apps.

Note that when it comes to the M1-powered Macs, you can only run Windows 10 for ARM64, and that flavor is currently in the technical preview stage. Up to 30 percent better virtual machine performance running a Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview VM (compared to Windows 10 VM running on Intel-based MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9 processor).Up to 60 percent better DirectX 11 performance (compared to an Intel-based MacBook Pro with Radeon Pro 555X GPU).

