

You can get a subscription through the official site with a 14-day trial offer. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleCare, macOS, Mac, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Apple Pencil, Magic. Up to 30 percent better virtual machine performance (Windows): Running a virtual machine (VM) of Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview on Parallels Desktop 16.5 on an M1 Mac performs up to 30 percent better than a Windows 10 VM running on Intel-based MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9 processor.Īll the goodness of Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac has now been re-engineered for the Apple M1 chip, including Coherence Mode, Touch Bar controls, Shared Profile, Mac keyboard layouts, macOS Big Sur in a VM, and more.Īll editions of Parallels Desktop 16.5 update for Mac support both M1 and Intel Mac computers (Standard Edition, Pro Edition, and Business Edition), the company clarified.Up to 60 percent better DirectX 11 performance: Parallels Desktop 16.5 running on an M1 Mac delivers up to 60 percent better DirectX 11 performance than on an Intel-based MacBook Pro with Radeon Pro 555X GPU.Currently only windows11 uses emulation to make it work for the M1 and it works really well (tested over 40 apps) That being said, not sure what games you have but more than likely it should work. Up to 250 percent less energy used: On a Mac with an Apple M1 chip, Parallels Desktop 16.5 uses 2.5 times less energy than on a 2020 Intel-based MacBook Air computer. You’ll need parallels desktop in order to do this.
