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Apple M5 chip specs, how much RAM to give a Windows VM, and real-world virtualization performance on M5 Macs.

Compare Parallels Desktop vs. UTM for Mac. See why users pick paid performance, gaming, and 1-click setup over free open-source QEMU. Start a free trial.

Visual Studio for Mac was retired in August 2024. Run the Windows version of Visual Studio on your Mac with a Parallels Desktop virtual machine. Free 14-day trial.

Three keyboard shortcuts cover most Mac screenshot needs: Command + Shift + 3, 4, and 5. See what each does, plus how to screen record, annotate, print, and save screenshots on Mac.

Parallels Desktop 27 delivers AI matrix computations up to seven times as fast and neural network inference up to 1.75 times as fast. See how these improvements affect local AI development in Linux virtual machines.

What Windows on ARM is, which apps run natively, what's emulated via Prism, and how to run Windows 11 ARM on an Apple Silicon Mac.

See why more enterprises are considering MacBooks and how Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition helps keep Windows and legacy business apps available.

Compare Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, UTM, and CrossOver for running Revit on Apple silicon Macs, including graphics, add-in, and support limitations.

Up to 2.6x faster OpenGL graphics, 35% faster ArcGIS Pro rendering, and 24% faster GIS workflows on Apple silicon, benchmarked in Parallels Desktop 27.

We tested leading ways to run Windows on Mac in 2026, including Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, UTM, VirtualBox, and CrossOver. See what each does best.