Tests running Windows 10 with Parallels Desktop on an M1 MacBook Pro show the Apple laptop can be faster than high performing.
Separate Parallels Access (/access) and the just-redesigned and simplified Parallels Toolbox (/toolbox) apps, which are both included for free concurrently with Parallels Desktop subscriptions, now also provide native support for M1 Mac computers. Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac runs Windows 10. It also delivers M1 support for the most popular ARM-based Linux distributions.
The M1 chip's superior performance delivers the world's fastest integrated graphics in a personal computer, revolutionary power efficiency, and was designed to work with macOS Big Sur3-which Parallels Desktop 16.5 transforms into a new standard for a seamless Windows-on-Mac experience. To download Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview, you must register for the Windows Insider Program. Experience Windows 10 ARM Insider Preview and its applications on Apple M1 Mac computers. To install Windows 10 on Arm on M1 Macs, users have to download Windows 10 Insider Preview build for ARM64. Parallels®, a global leader in cross-platform solutions, today released the highly anticipated Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac, which features full native support for Mac computers equipped with either Apple M1 or Intel chips. More than 100,000 M1 Mac users tested the Technical Preview of Parallels Desktop 16 for M1 Mac and ran Microsoft’s Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview, as well as tens of thousands of different Intel-based Windows applicationsincluding Microsoft Office for Windows, Microsoft Visual Studio, SQL Server, Microsoft PowerBI, and MetaTrader. Gaming on Windows 10 on Arm running on M1 MacBook Air using Parallels.
Parallels has today announced that the new version of its Windows virtualization software will bring full native support for Apple's M1 Macs and Apple silicon, delivering huge performance boosts and energy savings.