Run Windows on Mac without rebooting

• Run more than 200,000 Windows apps on a Mac, including Microsoft Office for Windows.
• Download and Install Windows OS on your Intel or Apple M-series Mac computer.
• Seamlessly copy and paste text or drag-and-drop files between Mac and Windows.
• Develop and test across multiple OSs in a virtual machine for Mac.
• Run Windows applications effortlessly without slowing down your Mac.

Fast, Powerful and Easy
Run thousands of Windows apps like Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Access, Quicken, QuickBooks, Visual Studio, even graphic intensive games and CAD programs without compromising on performance or rebooting.

System Requirements Minimum

Run most applications such as Microsoft Office, accounting software, trading software, SAP, Matlab, and more.

Processor

Any Apple silicon chip
Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor

Memory

4 GB of RAM

Storage

600 MB for Parallels Desktop application installation
Additional disk space for the guest operating system (at least 16 GB is required for Windows OS)

Graphics

Any Apple silicon chip
Intel, AMD Radeon, or NVIDIA graphics cards

Operating system

macOS Sequoia 15.0 or newer
macOS Sonoma 14.5 or newer
macOS Ventura 13.2 or newer
macOS Monterey 12.6 or newer
macOS Big Sur 11.7 or newer^[1]
macOS Catalina 10.15.7 or newer^[1]
macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or newer^[1]

^{[1] — an earlier product version is installed}

System Requirements Best Performance

For graphics-intensive applications, high loads, and running multiple virtual machines.

Processor

Any Apple silicon chip
Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 or Xeon processor

Memory

16 GB of RAM or more

Storage

600 MB for Parallels Desktop application installation
Additional disk space for the guest operating system (at least 16 GB is required for Windows OS)

Graphics

Any Apple silicon chip
AMD Radeon Pro graphics card

Operating system

macOS Sequoia 15.0 or newer
macOS Sonoma 14.0 or newer
macOS Ventura 13.2 or newer
macOS Monterey 12.6 or newer
macOS Big Sur 11.7 or newer^[1]
macOS Catalina 10.15.7 or newer^[1]
macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or newer^[1]

^{[1] — an earlier product version is installed}

Supported guest operating systems (Mac with Apple silicon):

Only Arm versions of operating systems are supported.

• Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise editions (recommended)
• Ubuntu Linux 24.04, 23.04, 22.04, 21.10, 21.04, 20.10, 20.04
• Fedora Workstation 40, 39
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Debian GNU/Linux 12, 11
• Kali Linux 2024.2, 2023.1, 2022.2, 2022.1, 2021.3
• CentOS Stream 9
• macOS Monterey 12 (in-app download)
• macOS Ventura 13 (in-app download)
• macOS Sonoma 14 (in-app download)
• macOS Sequoia 15 (when released)

Supported guest operating systems (Mac with Intel processors):

Only x86 versions of operating systems are supported.

• Windows 11 (recommended)
• Windows 10^[1]
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016

See all supported guest operating systems

Note: To run legacy Windows OS versions (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1), download and use Parallels Tools version 18.3.0. Learn more at https://kb.parallels.com/en/129252.
Parallels Desktop for Mac emulates PC hardware, so operating systems that are not included in this list can work as well. You can download the Parallels Desktop trial and install an operating system of your choice. If that OS doesn’t work and you believe it should be supported, let us know in the Parallels Forum.
To learn more about the limitations of running Windows 11 in Parallels Desktop, please visit KB 129497.

For information about supported Linux kernel versions, please visit KB 129963.