The latter lets you remotely access up to five PC or Mac computers from iPad, iPhone and Android. By creating a virtual machine on the Mac, Apple users can try out all the new.
After signing in or signing up for a Parallels Desktop account, Windows 10 will pop up in a new window. Parallels Desktop is a popular virtual machine that allows users to run Windows 10 and its apps on a macOS machine. If you don't already have one, you can create one right now.
Parallels Desktop 16 subscribers also receive complimentary concurrent subscriptions to Parallels Toolbox for Mac and Windows and Parallels Access. After Windows 10 has installed on your Mac, you'll be directed to sign into your Parallels Desktop account.
Pro and Business editions are available for a $99.99 annual subscription and you can upgrade from versions 14 or 15 of the solution for $49.99. Click 'Buy' and proceed with the purchase process. Click Get a new license in the Microsoft Store app'. Open Windows Settings > System > Activation.
You can purchase a full Windows license later on. To activate Windows 11, simply use either an existing Windows 10 license, or purchase a new Windows 10/11 license from the Microsoft Store.
When you install Parallels Desktop on your Mac, the software will automatically detect that you don’t have a copy of Windows installed and will ask if you want to download the OS from Microsoft.
Hence, the experience is largely limited to using ARM-based apps, although Microsoft is working on an ARM emulator to run x86-based Windows apps. However, running Windows 11 on an M1 Mac with Parallels does come with a catch: You’ll only be able to run the ARM-based version of Windows 11, not the x86 Intel-compatible version of the operating system. These Macs have dropped Intel’s CPUs and Boot Camp, a free utility to install and run Windows 10 on the computer. Parallels Desktop is especially useful if you own one of Apple’s newest Macs built with the company’s ARM-based M1 chips.