

Shifting gears, although it's definitely not a technical term, cool is the best word to describe drag and drop between a virtual Windows desktop and your Mac. Additionally, disk performance is up 20% for Apple M1 users versus Parallels Desktop 16.5.Īcross the board, there are significant performance improvements that almost make you forget you're using a virtual desktop.

The latest Parallels Desktop version runs Windows 38% faster than before, while graphics performance has increased 25% for 2D graphics and 28% for Directx 11. Across the board, there are significant performance improvements that almost make you forget you're using a virtual desktop. Speed isn't just left for the Parallels Desktop 17 installation. Once you've downloaded Parallels Desktop 17, the installation process is a breeze that takes just a few minutes. It wasn't that long ago when installing Parallels Desktop required a lot of time and patience. MacOS Monterey and Windows 11 using Coherence mode (Image credit: iMore)
