Of course, they also ran a wide range of apps, including Intel-based ones if no Arm-native app was available. There have been over 100,000 Mac addicts testing the Technical Preview of Parallels Desktop 16.5 for M1 Mac and running Microsoft’s Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview. This enables our users to enjoy the best Windows-on-Mac experience available.' However, virtual machines are an exception and thus Parallels engineers implemented native virtualization support for the Mac with M1 chip. 'The transition has been smooth for most Mac applications, thanks to Rosetta technology. 'Apple's M1 chip is a significant breakthrough for Mac users,' said Nick Dobrovolskiy, Parallels Senior Vice President of Engineering and Support. Parallels writes about the new release on its news blog and includes some pretty big claims for the virtualization software's performance.ĭeveloping Parallels for M1 Macs has been a significant software engineering task, as it isn't like a typical application that can sit nonchalantly on top of Apple's OS/Rosetta technology. So, now you can run this application on any modern Mac, and on M1 powered computers you will be able to experience Windows 10 Arm Insider Preview and its applications. What is most newsworthy about the 'highly anticipated' Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac, is that it features full native support for Mac computers equipped with either Apple M1 or Intel processors. Parallels has launched the latest version of its Windows 10 supporting virtual machine software for Macs.

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