The company says applications now run faster and more efficiently with performance enhancements including: Parallels Desktop 17 will support macOS Monterey as a host and guest operating system and is optimised for Windows 11, with both new OS's expected later this year. “In collaboration with Apple, we're thrilled to have created the world's first prototype of a macOS Monterey virtual machine running on a Mac with the Apple M1 chip. “Parallels Desktop 17 for Mac continues to deliver performance and stability improvements as well as innovative, easy-to-use features on Intel and Apple M1 Macs, offering users the most advanced Windows-on-Mac experience ever.

“Our breakthrough of seamlessly running Windows 10 applications on Apple M1-based Mac computers was just the start of Parallels Desktop for Mac's new chapter,” says Parallels senior VP of engineering and support, Nick Dobrovolskiy. It ships with several graphic improvements, an enhanced Windows gaming experience, and is the world's first macOS Monterey virtual machine to run on the Apple M1 chip.Īccording to Parallels, the latest release brings speed and graphic improvements, an enhanced Windows gaming experience, and better resource management and visibility.

Parallels Desktop 17 for Mac is now a universal binary application optimised for the Windows 11 and macOS Monterey operating systems. Parallels announce Parallels Desktop 17 for Mac, with new features for running native Windows applications on Macs with Apple M1 and Intel chips.

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