Parallels also makes it simple to install Chrome, Fedora, and Ubuntu operating systems: You can download ready-to-go versions of them from within Parallels, and they then auto-install themselves.
There should be a more obvious way to do it. After checking out, I received an email. I was then able to download the installer for Windows Professional, which included the installation instructions. Unfortunately, the installation instructions were for Parallels 6 and they were in fact incorrect; they advised me not to install the bit version of Windows, for example.
Once I got through this initial confusion, the actual Windows installation was quite straightforward and took only about 15 minutes. I also installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition build 7.
As noted, installation was fast and simple, and included the installation of the required tools for integration of the mouse, accelerated 3D graphics, and on-the-fly window resizing. When creating a new Windows virtual machine, this dialog lets you choose the degree of integration with the Mac OS you can change these settings later. By default, Parallels configures Windows 7 so that your user is the Administrator. This is not a good thing—Windows 7 actually disables the Administrator account by default.
Once I was up and running, I ran Office , Adobe Acrobat, and a number of other general application programs. They all ran without troubles and never felt slow in any way. I also tested a number of games which are great ways to stress-test virtual machines. Overall, I was amazed at the performance I saw.
Parallels can provide up to 1GB of video RAM, which means that even some newer games with large texture sizes will run reasonably well; I was able to play the demo of Hard Reset , an intensive first person shooter, at decent though not great frame rates.
Even the demo of Call of Duty 4, which ran but with jerky-slow framerates when I last tested it with Parallels 5, is now playable. I used a Bluetooth mouse, a Saitek flightstick, a generic gamepad, and a Logitech Momo force feedback wheel and pedal set, all of which worked fine. When you connect a USB device, Parallels provides a nice visual dialog box for selecting how it should be assigned, and whether that assignment is permanent or temporary.
When connecting a new USB device, you can easily choose who controls it: your Mac, or the active virtual machine. For protection against Windows malware and viruses, Parallels includes a day trial for Kaspersky Internet Security. So far, my virtual Windows 7 installation has stayed free of viruses and malware at least according to Windows itself.
I would like to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro version. Any ideas? I thought Windows 11 for Mac was a preview so perhaps you cannot buy a licence for a preview build. Generally though Windows 11 licences are not available to buy currently and only devices with it pre-installed are available. You might have to wait to buy a Windows 11 licence. As with Windows 10 though if you have Home edition you must activate that prior to buying an upgrade licence for Windows 10 Pro.
If you want to have Windows 11 Pro edition perhaps you should install that edition then look at a Pro licence, when available. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Hi, I have installed windows 11 through parallels on MacBook M1.
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