“It’s always been astonishing that it’s faster to start up a Parallels PC than a real one. On my MacBook Air, I’m up and running in Windows six seconds after I double-click the Parallels icon.”David Pogue, The New York Times
“Of all the ways to run Windows on a Mac, Parallels Desktop is my favorite because it just works. It's fast, it's reliable, and there's no need to futz about with confusing setting or convoluted setup processes.”Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet
“Unlike Apple’s Boot Camp, Parallels lets you run both operating systems at the same time.”Larry Magid, Forbes
”Parallels Desktop is the easiest, fastest, and most tightly integrated app for running Windows apps or the Windows desktop in Apple OS X.”Edward Mendelson, PCMag.com
“The latest version of Parallels, the popular Windows virtualization tool for Mac OS X, almost feels like its trolling Apple.”Engadget
Parallels Desktop uses a hardware-assisted virtualization that relies on Intel VT-x technology and allows for simulation of the whole computer. This simulated environment is called a virtual machine (VM) and enables a Virtual PC on your Mac.
Designed with developers, power users and other demanding professionals in mind. Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition delivers ultimate processing power, so you can code in Visual Studio, design and build in Autodesk apps, automate in PowerShell, play heavy Windows games, and more—all on a Mac and as easily as on a PC.
Run Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge right on your dev machine—and all at the same time. Run incompatible browsers in separate installations of Windows in separate VMs. Plus, create a test environment across the group, simultaneously, using your favorite web development tool (Dreamweaver, WordPress, Microsoft Expression and more) to make changes to your site. If you regularly use multiple IE versions, explore Parallels® Toolbox to launch them all at once and save time. (Parallels Toolbox is included with your purchase of Parallels Desktop Pro Edition.)
In this video, you'll find the playback speed has increased. The video shows a typical experience on a Mac powered by the Intel processor. Information on the M1 experience may be found in this article.
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| Download and Install Windows 11* in one click | |||
| Seamless Mac integration | |||
| New! Use game controller in Windows with no setup | |||
| Disk Space Optimization | |||
| Visual Studio plug-in for remote debugging and profiling | |||
| Advanced virtual networking tools | |||
| New! Automate with CLI tools + CLI for macOS VM on Apple M-series Mac | |||
| Integrations With Vagrant/Docker/Packer/Minikube | |||
| Manage more VMs: templates, colors, sorting | |||
| Virtual RAM for each VM | 8GB vRAM | 128GB vRAM | 128GB vRAM |
| Virtual CPUs for each VM** | 4 vCPUs | 32 vCPUs | 32 vCPUs |
| Debug, dump VM or start an SSH session from menu | |||
| Premium 24/7 phone and email support | Subscription only | ||
| Enable employees to download a preconfigured Windows to their Mac | |||
| New! Per user licensing option for companies that are ready to use SSO/SAML/SCIM integration | |||
| Centralized administration and management | |||
| Unified Volume License Key for mass deployment | |||
| $99.99 | $119.99 /yr | $149.99/yr | |
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| Standard Edition | |
| Optimized for macOS Ventura (when released) | |
| Download and Install Windows 11* in one click | |
| Seamless Mac integration | |
| New! Use game controller in Windows with no setup | |
| Disk Space Optimization | |
| Free upgrade to the latest version | Subscription only |
| Virtual RAM for each VM | 8GB vRAM |
| Virtual CPUs for each VM* | 4 vCPUs |
| Premium 24/7 phone and email support | Subscription only |
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| Pro Edition All the Standard Edition features PLUS: |
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| New! Manage macOS VM via CLI (on Apple M-series Mac) | |
| Visual Studio plug-In for remote debugging and profiling | |
| Advanced virtual networking tools | |
| Free upgrades to newer versions | |
| Automate with CLI tools | |
| New! Automate with CLI tools + CLI for macOS VM on Apple M-series Mac | |
| Integrations With Vagrant/Docker/Packer/Minikube | |
| Debug, dump VM or start an SSH session from menu | |
| Manage more VMs: templates, colors, sorting | |
| Virtual RAM for each VM | 128GB vRAM |
| Virtual CPUs for each VM* | 32 vCPUs |
| Premium 24/7 phone and email support | |
| Buy $119.99 /yrUpgrade $69.99 | |
| Upgrade $69.99 /yr | |
| Business Edition All the Standard and Pro Edition features PLUS: |
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| Enable employees to download a preconfigured Windows to their Mac | |
| New! Per user licensing option for companies that are ready to use SSO/SAML/SCIM integration | |
| Centralized administration and management | |
| Unified Volume License Key for mass deployment | |
| Buy $149.99/yr | |
* Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise
** Up to 18 CPU on Apple with M-series chips
New users will download and install Parallels Desktop 18.2 which simplifies the out-of-the-box experience to install compatible versions of Windows 11.
Existing Parallels Desktop users can continue to use Windows without making changes to their current setup on these devices. However, Parallels recommends updating your Windows 11 version to the officially compatible Pro or Enterprise editions.
If Windows is not activated, users will be prompted to do so via a Windows dialog. For new users of Parallels Desktop who want to install Windows, the latest Parallels Desktop build will install Windows Pro Edition, excluding the ability to select other editions such as Home or Enterprise.
If a user runs Parallels Desktop 17 or a later version, they can continue to use Parallels Desktop with Apple M-series Mac.
Microsoft has confirmed that Parallels Desktop for Mac used with Arm versions of Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise editions is an officially compatible solution for customers on Apple M-series based Mac computers.
All Parallels Desktop SKUs (Standard, Pro, Business) is supported for users to run compatible Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise with Apple M-series Mac.
Users will be able to bring their own Windows 11 license keys if they have a key that can be used to activate Windows.
Existing Parallels Desktop users can continue to use Windows without making changes to their current setup on these devices. However, Parallels recommends updating your Windows 11 version to the officially compatible Pro or Enterprise editions.
To learn more about any limitations running Windows 11 on Parallels Desktop, please visit https://kb.parallels.com/129497
Due to incompatibility in the software architecture between macOS and Windows, it is not possible to natively run Windows apps on a Mac. Put simply, the macOS can't run .exe files.
Parallels Desktop is an application for Mac that allows you to run Windows and Linux operating systems and applications (or even previous versions of OS X) on your Mac. This is made possible by a specific software technology called desktop virtualization.
macOS Ventura 13.2 or newer
macOS Monterey 12.6 or newer
macOS Big Sur 11.7 or newer
macOS Catalina 10.15.7 or newer
macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or newer
Apple M2 Pro, M2 Max, M2, M1 Ultra, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 chips
Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor
600 MB for Parallels Desktop application installation
Apple M2, M1 Ultra, M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 chips
Intel, AMD Radeon, or NVIDIA graphics cards
4GB of RAM
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