Today, Parallels announces the merchandise of Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac. Parallels Desktop 18 includes important enhancements to the core, changes to alteration IT managers to deploy Parallels and Windows crossed their environments, and enactment for the latest macOS operating systems. For Mac users who request to tally Windows applications, Parallels 18 aims to simplify the process and velocity up workflows. Users tin tally implicit 200,000 Windows apps and classical games connected macOS utilizing Parallels 18. This caller mentation comes successful 3 antithetic flavors depending connected your concern (or gaming) needs. Let’s dive into what’s new.

Parallels 18 Standard Edition

The modular variation of Parallels 18 is optimized for the macOS Ventura merchandise to enactment caller features and functionality and present exceptional performance. It includes afloat enactment for Apple’s ProMotion show with automatic refresh complaint changes and unleashed Apple M1 Ultra performance, allowing users to delegate much resources and get up to 96% faster successful Windows 11. For those moving Windows games connected macOS done Parallels, mentation 18 adds automatic sharing of Xbox oregon DualShock Bluetooth crippled controllers with Windows and Linux. It besides improves the compatibility of Intel applications erstwhile moving the ARM mentation of Windows 11. Finally, you’ll find enhanced USB 3.0 enactment for unrecorded information streaming devices, including Elgato HD60, Startech USB 3.0 Video Capture, and more. Once macOS Ventura is released, you’ll person the enactment to tally Windows app wrong of Stage Manager.

Pro Editon

Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac Pro Edition includes each the powerfulness of the modular edition, positive immoderate different enhancements. It consists of a web conditioner connected Apple M1 Macs, enabling users to acceptable up assorted web conditions for the virtual instrumentality (bandwidth, packet loss, delay). It isolates the virtual instrumentality web from Mac connected Apple M1 Mac computers for amended information and starts a Minikube clump with Parallels Desktop arsenic a virtualization provider. It includes utilizing web footwear with Linux ARM virtual machines present disposable connected Macs with Apple Silicon. Using the enhanced Parallels plug-in for Visual Studio, you tin rapidly analyse an exertion show successful a abstracted VM.

Business Edition

Adding each of the features of Standard and Pro, the Business variation adds SSO/SAML enactment for licensing. For IT managers looking to deploy Windows enactment crossed their fleet of Macs, these features volition dramatically simplify the process of provisioning licenses. Included SSO providers are Azure AD, Okta, Ping, and more. IT administrators tin besides deploy, provision, oregon transportation a Windows 11 virtual instrumentality crossed worker computers. Finally, it allows teams to centrally negociate their Parallels lawsuit acquisition programme information successful a azygous portal.

“We are arrogant of our engineering squad that continues to beryllium astatine the forefront of innovation to connection a remarkably much almighty and seamless Parallels Desktop for Mac acquisition to our users, that is integrated with the latest macOS Ventura, optimized for the latest Apple hardware, and offers invaluable features to present adjacent amended productivity and performance,” said Prashant Ketkar, Chief Technology and Product Officer astatine Corel. “This is arsenic elemental and casual to usage arsenic it gets, and our users tin trust connected Parallels Desktop for Mac to absorption connected the occupation astatine hand.”

Compatibility

On Intel, Parallels 18 supports everything from Windows 2000 to Windows 11 connected the Microsoft side. On the Mac side, it supports each OS going backmost to Lion. For Linux, it supports Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Debian GNU, Mint, Red Hat, Suse Linux, and Kali.

On Apple Silicon, it supports Windows 11, Windows 10, macOS Ventura and Monterey, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian GBU, RHEL, CentOS, and Kali.

Parallels reported that 99.99% of Intel-based PC applications enactment large connected macOS, including immoderate of the heaviest CAD bundle acknowledgment to Windows 11’s built-in emulation.

Parallels 18 Pricing

Parallels Desktop 18 is sold either arsenic a subscription for $99.99 per twelvemonth oregon arsenic a perpetual licence for $129.99. The Pro Edition is $129.99 per year, portion the Business Edition is $149.99 per twelvemonth (per license). If you person an existing licence for the Standard edition, a perpetual licence upgrade is $69.99, portion a Pro Edition subscription upgrade is $69.99 per year.

9to5Mac’s Take

I’ll person a afloat reappraisal successful the coming weeks, but it looks similar different beardown merchandise from the squad astatine Parallels. I americium peculiarly funny successful the caller SSO/SAML enactment for licensing. I judge this enhancement, portion not product-focused, volition marque deploying the merchandise and managing licenses overmuch easier. Parallels person streamlined the installation process for Apple Silicon and removed the request to articulation the Microsoft Insider programme to download an ARM-compatible version. During the installation process, Parallels volition automatically download the close version. Through SaaS apps, Catalyst apps, and web apps – the request for Windows apps connected macOS mightiness person diminished for immoderate users. For those that privation to play Windows games, usage the PC mentation of Microsoft Office, oregon person circumstantial PC usage cases, Parallels 18 looks to beryllium a coagulated upgrade that builds connected the erstwhile version. Download a escaped trial.

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