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It has only been a week since Microsoft revealed the new Windows 11 Bone to the world, and Parallels is already working on bringing the new OS to Macs. In a study on iMore, Parallels acknowledged that its team is doing "everything possible" to bring Windows xi to macOS.

Parallels SVP of Engineering and Support Nick Dobrovolskiy said, "Since Windows xi has only been announced recently, the Parallels Engineering squad is waiting for the official Windows xi Insider Preview build to start studying changes introduced in the new Bone to deliver full compatibility in time to come Parallels Desktop updates."

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Parallels, which brought Windows x support to M1 Macs running macOS Big Sur, is at present in version 16 and is now working on an update to optimize the desktop for the macOS Monterey beta "to ensure full compatibility as soon as information technology's released."

The software was updated this past Apr to version 16.5 to improve performance on M1-powered Macs. Parallels now use 250% less energy, has up to 60% meliorate Direct 10 performance, and boasts 30% better virtual machine performance than a Windows 10 VM running on Intel-based MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i9 CPU.

Apple confirmed that the move to Apple tree silicon would push users to use virtualization tools like Parallels. Parallels says it has over seven 1000000 users using its virtual machine product.

via 9To5mac and iMore

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