The latest version of Parallels Desktop virtualization software is compatible with macOS Big Sur , a operation that apparently took “ 25 man years ” .
The Parallels Desktop virtualization software system is a popular root for using Windows on a Mac . The Modern version – Parallels Desktop 16 – has already been conform to the upcoming macOS Big Sur and is now available .
Virtualization software system such as Parallels Desktop enables Windows and other operating systems to be install on the Mac and also enables new macOS version such as Big Sur to be tested . Many Mac users rely on Parallels , and competitors VMware and Virtual Box , so that they can use specific tools and fiscal programs that are not available under macOS .
The move to Big Sur was not simple for the team at Parallels . According to the company , 25 developers work on the update for a whole class . Among other thing , the sum expansion was renewed so that it could use the Big Sur architecture .
Better performance
Parallels has better performance : The DirectX11 computer graphic library , which has been supported since the premature rendering is aver to have become up to 20 percent faster .
Open GL has also been further optimise .
harmonise to Parallels , a virtual auto can be started up to twice as tight as the previous reading , while Windows should be shut down and reopen up to twenty percentage quicker .
For the first time three-D functions can be used in a practical variation of Big Sur Metal program , which importantly improves the usability of many Mac programme .
New features
One of the most crucial new functions , in addition to many small improvements , is robotic storage space spill : you’re able to coif a virtual machine so that storage space is automatically released when it is shut down – in practice this can quickly be several dozen gibibyte .
Also unexampled is the support of multi - touch gestures for Windows applications .
An improved integrated printer driver now sustain double - sided printing process and more paper formats .
Good for MacBook users : If you spark the Travel Mode Parallels consumes less battery mental ability . According to the maker this can extend the battery life by up to ten percent .
The facility thaumaturgist has been meliorate : if Windows is not set up , Parallels Desktop offer Windows 10 from Microsoft download and set up as demonstration translation . No prior leverage of Windows 10 is required .
An interesting raw feature in the Business and Pro versions is the ability to prepare a virtual machine for a transfer . This can be exported as a compressed single file and a virtual machine can be made available for company employee , for object lesson .
Versions and prices
As before , Parallels Desktop is available in three versions : Desktop , Desktop for Mac Pro , and Desktop for Mac Business Edition .
The standard version cost £ 69.99 a twelvemonth , the Pro Edition and Business Edition £ 79.99 a year . The standard rendering is the only one available as a unceasing license and cost £ 79.99 . An raise from an earlier variant is available for £ 39.99 .
Compatibility with Apple Silicon
Parallels has not provide any unexampled information about compatibility withApple Silicon . soon after WWDC , Parallels published a statement on the subject , but it still left many interrogative unrequited .
At the presentment of Apple ’s newfangled ARM platform , Parallels was shown running under Silicon , but with a Linux system . musical accompaniment for Windows Edgar Guest systems is therefore still unclear . When we asked , it was confirmed to us that Parallels and Apple work closely together , but no further details have been given .
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This clause first appeared onMacwelt . Translation by Karen Haslam .
