Version 14 has over 50 new features, including improvements in performance, graphics, and support for new technologies, plus the newest versions of Parallels Toolbox and Parallels Access for Mac and Windows.
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Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition - New User - Subscription license ( 1 year ) - 1 user - Mac. System Requirements: Platform Supported:Mac Model : PDFM-ENTSUB-1Y-ML. Parallels Desktop even has a virtual machine setting dedicated to gaming to optimize performance. With ongoing support for DirectX and OpenGL, many popular games and game engines are supported within Parallels Desktop. Download a free 14-day trial of Parallels Desktop and see.
Bellevue, WA, USA August 21, 2018 Parallels (parallels.com/about), a global leader in cross-platform solutions and creator of the 1-selling software for running Windows applications on a Mac, today launched Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac (parallels.com/desktop), which provides macOS Mojavereadiness. Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 14 offers significant storage savings, faster launch times, improved graphics and the latest versions of Parallels Toolbox for Windows or Mac (parallels.com/toolbox). Through Parallels Desktop 14, customers now have access to more Windows features on Mac than ever before.
Millions of Parallels Desktop customers highly value performance and efficiency, said Jack Zubarev, Parallels president. With Parallels Desktop 14, weve taken those to the next level by focusing on graphics and storage, allowing customers to save as much as 20 GB of disk space while enjoying the best-ever performance. Personal productivity enhancements include more Windows features available on Mac devices. Touch Bar support for Windows applicationssuch as OneNote or Quickenenables customers to add their favorite applications to the Mac Touch Bar so their shortcuts are at their fingertips. Enhanced Storage Optimization
Typically, virtual machines are large, taking anywhere from 15100 GBs of space or more. With two different storage mechanisms at work (Windows and Mac), newly engineered storage optimization that takes both Windows and Mac mechanisms into account can result in significant disk space savings.* The new Free Up Disk Space dialog that suggests storage-saving actions now better handles multiple virtual machines. Newly created snapshots occupy up to 15 percent less disk space. Keep Melting the Border between Windows and Mac
Parallels Desktop 14 now enables customers to use Microsoft Ink to edit Microsoft Office for Windows documents on a Mac, including pressure-sensitive support in applications such as PowerPoint, Microsoft Edge, CorelDRAW, Fresh Paint, Leonardo, openCanvas and Photoshop for Windows.**
Preconfigured Touch Bar sets for the following applications have been added to Parallels Desktop 14: Microsoft Visio and OneNote, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Revit, Quicken, QuickBooks and Visual Studio. They join current Parallels Desktop Touch Bar sets for Windows applications, including: Office 2016 (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Windows Start Menu and desktop (Cortana, Task View and Task Bar pinned elements), File Explorer (File Open and Save As settings), and web browsers (Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi).
The Parallels Desktop Touch Bar Wizard makes it easy for users to customize the Touch Bar for thousands of Windows applications, so their function key shortcuts are at their fingertips when using the applications. Mountain lion apple . Additionally, with the use of Touch Bar XML Authoring, users can further personalize the Touch Bar with their own customized function key shortcuts for their favorite Windows applications. macOS MojaveReady
Parallels Desktop 14 supports Dark Mode. Quick Look issued on Windows files now shows quick actions. Support for additional Mojave features, which are currently in development, will be tested, finalized and introduced around the forthcoming public release of Mojave. Superduper 3 1 1 advanced disk cloningrecovery utility .
The Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac installation image, which is notarized by Apple, will be seen by users when it is installed on Mojave. Enhanced Graphic Support and 4K Shared Camera Support
Parallels Desktop 14 now features improved OpenGL support for enhanced graphics, with notable improvements in SketchUp 2017/2018, CTVox, DIALux 8 and OriginLab.
All view modes have been improved in terms of speed and memory usage, which is especially important when working on multiple high-resolution external displays, including those of 5K resolutions. Video copilot optical flares 1 3 5. Parallels Desktop Download Free
Unused virtual video memory is now effectively returned to Mac system memory. Auto mode for graphics allows Windows to use more than 2 GB of Mac system memory for video purposes, while allowing Windows applications to use it when possible.***
Additionally, users now get a better frame rate in video conferencing and can use shared camera technology with cameras that support up to 4K resolutions. Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition
New Business Edition features include enhanced management, plus security and licensing portals. Additional improvements include:
Smart card readers are now automatically available in both Mac and Windows for faster access (if enabled).
Administrators can invite users via email and assign separate administrators for sublicenses for improved efficiency.****
Replace existing virtual machines in Deployment Mode to streamline productivity.
Applications deployed in the Single Application mode start faster, along with a new modern-looking splash screen.
The Parallels My Account portal has been redesigned to be optimized for popular use cases.**** More than 30+ Single-Click Utilities from Parallels Toolbox for Windows and Mac
New and popular Parallels Toolbox tools include: Skyrim steam gift .
Screenshot Page Capture and print lengthy webpages that dont fit onto your screen. Take and print screenshots of webpages in one clickeven pages longer than your browser screen. Watch demo videos: How to Capture Lengthy Webpages - Snagit 2018 vs. Parallels Toolbox and How to Capture a Full Webpage Screenshot with a Safari Extension
Free Memory Reclaim RAM memory and optimize its consumption on your Mac. Add this Free Memory tool to the macOS menu bar to easily check how much RAM is available with just a click and reclaim available memory.
Resize Images Batch convert images to your desired file size and format. Simply drag the source images to the tools window, specify the desired dimensions/size and output location, and click. Parallels Desktop 14 Performance
Significant performance improvements include:
Up to 200 percent performance improvement on the iMac Pro (audio and video encoding, AI, 3D modelling, cryptography and other complex math calculations workloads) thanks to AVX512 Intel Cannon Lake processor instructions set support
Up to 80 percent faster application launch
Up to 10 percent faster boot time
Up to 30 percent faster suspend operation on APFS partition
Up to 130 percent more frames per second in Shared Camera
Up to 17 percent more frames per second in Coherence view mode
The CPU usage indicator has been added to the title bar to give a better understanding of high CPU usage in Windows. Always sunny s8 . Resource Monitor is completely redesigned to show Mac resources along with the impact that multiple virtual machines have on them. Availability and Pricing
Today, Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac, Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac Pro Edition and Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition are available for subscribers and upgraders from Parallels Desktop 12 and 13 (parallels.com/upgradepd14), as well as new customers, online at parallels.com/desktop and at local retail and online stores worldwide. Free 14-day full-featured trials are also available for download.
The recommended retail price (RRP) of Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac is US$79.99 for an annual subscription or US$99.99 for a perpetual license. Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition and Business Edition are each available to new customers for US$99.99 per year. Parallels Desktop 12 and 13 perpetual license customers can upgrade to Parallels Desktop 14 for US$49.99, or upgrade to a Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition subscription for US$49.99 per year. Parallels Desktop subscriptions include a complimentary concurrent subscription to Parallels Toolbox for Mac or Windows (parallels.com/toolbox), as well as Parallels Access (parallels.com/access). About Parallels
Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions that make it possible and simple for customers to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. We help customers take advantage of the best technology out there, whether its Windows, Mac, iOS, Android or the cloud. Parallels solves complex engineering and user-experience problems by making it simple and cost-effective for businesses and individual customers to use applications wherever they may belocal, remote, in the private datacenter or in the cloud. Visit parallels.com/about for more information.
Stay connected with Parallels and our online communities. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/parallelsinc, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/parallelsmac and visit our blog at blog.parallels.com. Media Contacts: Parallels Desktop 14 Release Date
John Uppendahl, VP of Communications, john@parallels.com, +1 425 282-1734
Ryan Donough, Cohn Wolfe for Parallels, ryan.donough@cohnwolfe.com, +1 415 403-8311 *Results in virtual disk optimization will not be immediate after upgrade, as these optimizations happen in the background. Only Windows 8 and 10 are supported.
**Perpetual license.
***Auto mode is available only after Parallels Tools update in Windows 8 or Windows 10.
****New Parallels My Account features became available to users before Parallels Desktop 14 release.
Parallels and the Parallels logo are registered trademarks of Parallels IP Holdings GmbH in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Guest Operating Systems Supported as Virtual Machines within Parallels Desktop Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 7 (SP0-SP1)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP0-SP2)
Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise (SP0-SP2)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP0-SP2)
Windows XP (SP0-SP3)
Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Windows 2000 Server SP4
MS-DOS 6.22
Boot2Docker
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 6, 5
CentOS Linux 7, 6, 5
Fedora Linux 28, 27, 26
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 17.10, 16.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS
Debian GNU/Linux 9.4, 9, 8, 7
Suse Linux Enterprise 12 SP3, 11 SP3, 11 SP2
openSUSE Linux 15, 42.3, 13.2, 13.1, 12.3
Linux Mint 19, 18, 17
Kali 2018.2, 2018.1, 2
Elementary 0.4
Manjaro 17
Mageia 6, 5, 4, 3
Gentoo Linux
Solaris 11.3, 11, 10
openBSD 6
FreeBSD 11.1, 10, 10, 9, 8
openVZ 7
eComStation 2, 1.2
ReactOS 0.4
Android OS
macOS Mojave 10.14.x
macOS High Sierra 10.13.x
macOS Sierra 10.12.x
OS X El Capitan 10.11.x
OS X Yosemite 10.10.x
OS X Mavericks 10.9.x
OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x
OS X Lion 10.7.x
OS X Lion Server 10.7.x
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
Parallels Desktop Download Free
Parallels Desktop 14 Release Date
Parallels Desktop for Mac Enterprise Edition - New User - Subscription license ( 1 year ) - 1 user - Mac. System Requirements: Platform Supported:Mac Model : PDFM-ENTSUB-1Y-ML. Parallels Desktop even has a virtual machine setting dedicated to gaming to optimize performance. With ongoing support for DirectX and OpenGL, many popular games and game engines are supported within Parallels Desktop. Download a free 14-day trial of Parallels Desktop and see.
Bellevue, WA, USA August 21, 2018 Parallels (parallels.com/about), a global leader in cross-platform solutions and creator of the 1-selling software for running Windows applications on a Mac, today launched Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac (parallels.com/desktop), which provides macOS Mojavereadiness. Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 14 offers significant storage savings, faster launch times, improved graphics and the latest versions of Parallels Toolbox for Windows or Mac (parallels.com/toolbox). Through Parallels Desktop 14, customers now have access to more Windows features on Mac than ever before.
Millions of Parallels Desktop customers highly value performance and efficiency, said Jack Zubarev, Parallels president. With Parallels Desktop 14, weve taken those to the next level by focusing on graphics and storage, allowing customers to save as much as 20 GB of disk space while enjoying the best-ever performance. Personal productivity enhancements include more Windows features available on Mac devices. Touch Bar support for Windows applicationssuch as OneNote or Quickenenables customers to add their favorite applications to the Mac Touch Bar so their shortcuts are at their fingertips. Enhanced Storage Optimization
Typically, virtual machines are large, taking anywhere from 15100 GBs of space or more. With two different storage mechanisms at work (Windows and Mac), newly engineered storage optimization that takes both Windows and Mac mechanisms into account can result in significant disk space savings.* The new Free Up Disk Space dialog that suggests storage-saving actions now better handles multiple virtual machines. Newly created snapshots occupy up to 15 percent less disk space. Keep Melting the Border between Windows and Mac
Parallels Desktop 14 now enables customers to use Microsoft Ink to edit Microsoft Office for Windows documents on a Mac, including pressure-sensitive support in applications such as PowerPoint, Microsoft Edge, CorelDRAW, Fresh Paint, Leonardo, openCanvas and Photoshop for Windows.**
Preconfigured Touch Bar sets for the following applications have been added to Parallels Desktop 14: Microsoft Visio and OneNote, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Revit, Quicken, QuickBooks and Visual Studio. They join current Parallels Desktop Touch Bar sets for Windows applications, including: Office 2016 (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Windows Start Menu and desktop (Cortana, Task View and Task Bar pinned elements), File Explorer (File Open and Save As settings), and web browsers (Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi).
The Parallels Desktop Touch Bar Wizard makes it easy for users to customize the Touch Bar for thousands of Windows applications, so their function key shortcuts are at their fingertips when using the applications. Mountain lion apple . Additionally, with the use of Touch Bar XML Authoring, users can further personalize the Touch Bar with their own customized function key shortcuts for their favorite Windows applications. macOS MojaveReady
Parallels Desktop 14 supports Dark Mode. Quick Look issued on Windows files now shows quick actions. Support for additional Mojave features, which are currently in development, will be tested, finalized and introduced around the forthcoming public release of Mojave. Superduper 3 1 1 advanced disk cloningrecovery utility .
The Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac installation image, which is notarized by Apple, will be seen by users when it is installed on Mojave. Enhanced Graphic Support and 4K Shared Camera Support
Parallels Desktop 14 now features improved OpenGL support for enhanced graphics, with notable improvements in SketchUp 2017/2018, CTVox, DIALux 8 and OriginLab.
All view modes have been improved in terms of speed and memory usage, which is especially important when working on multiple high-resolution external displays, including those of 5K resolutions. Video copilot optical flares 1 3 5. Parallels Desktop Download Free
Unused virtual video memory is now effectively returned to Mac system memory. Auto mode for graphics allows Windows to use more than 2 GB of Mac system memory for video purposes, while allowing Windows applications to use it when possible.***
Additionally, users now get a better frame rate in video conferencing and can use shared camera technology with cameras that support up to 4K resolutions. Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition
New Business Edition features include enhanced management, plus security and licensing portals. Additional improvements include:
Smart card readers are now automatically available in both Mac and Windows for faster access (if enabled).
Administrators can invite users via email and assign separate administrators for sublicenses for improved efficiency.****
Replace existing virtual machines in Deployment Mode to streamline productivity.
Applications deployed in the Single Application mode start faster, along with a new modern-looking splash screen.
The Parallels My Account portal has been redesigned to be optimized for popular use cases.**** More than 30+ Single-Click Utilities from Parallels Toolbox for Windows and Mac
New and popular Parallels Toolbox tools include: Skyrim steam gift .
Screenshot Page Capture and print lengthy webpages that dont fit onto your screen. Take and print screenshots of webpages in one clickeven pages longer than your browser screen. Watch demo videos: How to Capture Lengthy Webpages - Snagit 2018 vs. Parallels Toolbox and How to Capture a Full Webpage Screenshot with a Safari Extension
Free Memory Reclaim RAM memory and optimize its consumption on your Mac. Add this Free Memory tool to the macOS menu bar to easily check how much RAM is available with just a click and reclaim available memory.
Resize Images Batch convert images to your desired file size and format. Simply drag the source images to the tools window, specify the desired dimensions/size and output location, and click. Parallels Desktop 14 Performance
Significant performance improvements include:
Up to 200 percent performance improvement on the iMac Pro (audio and video encoding, AI, 3D modelling, cryptography and other complex math calculations workloads) thanks to AVX512 Intel Cannon Lake processor instructions set support
Up to 80 percent faster application launch
Up to 10 percent faster boot time
Up to 30 percent faster suspend operation on APFS partition
Up to 130 percent more frames per second in Shared Camera
Up to 17 percent more frames per second in Coherence view mode
The CPU usage indicator has been added to the title bar to give a better understanding of high CPU usage in Windows. Always sunny s8 . Resource Monitor is completely redesigned to show Mac resources along with the impact that multiple virtual machines have on them. Availability and Pricing
Today, Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac, Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac Pro Edition and Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition are available for subscribers and upgraders from Parallels Desktop 12 and 13 (parallels.com/upgradepd14), as well as new customers, online at parallels.com/desktop and at local retail and online stores worldwide. Free 14-day full-featured trials are also available for download.
The recommended retail price (RRP) of Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac is US$79.99 for an annual subscription or US$99.99 for a perpetual license. Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition and Business Edition are each available to new customers for US$99.99 per year. Parallels Desktop 12 and 13 perpetual license customers can upgrade to Parallels Desktop 14 for US$49.99, or upgrade to a Parallels Desktop for Mac Pro Edition subscription for US$49.99 per year. Parallels Desktop subscriptions include a complimentary concurrent subscription to Parallels Toolbox for Mac or Windows (parallels.com/toolbox), as well as Parallels Access (parallels.com/access). About Parallels
Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions that make it possible and simple for customers to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. We help customers take advantage of the best technology out there, whether its Windows, Mac, iOS, Android or the cloud. Parallels solves complex engineering and user-experience problems by making it simple and cost-effective for businesses and individual customers to use applications wherever they may belocal, remote, in the private datacenter or in the cloud. Visit parallels.com/about for more information.
Stay connected with Parallels and our online communities. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/parallelsinc, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/parallelsmac and visit our blog at blog.parallels.com. Media Contacts: Parallels Desktop 14 Release Date
John Uppendahl, VP of Communications, john@parallels.com, +1 425 282-1734
Ryan Donough, Cohn Wolfe for Parallels, ryan.donough@cohnwolfe.com, +1 415 403-8311 *Results in virtual disk optimization will not be immediate after upgrade, as these optimizations happen in the background. Only Windows 8 and 10 are supported.
**Perpetual license.
***Auto mode is available only after Parallels Tools update in Windows 8 or Windows 10.
****New Parallels My Account features became available to users before Parallels Desktop 14 release.
Parallels and the Parallels logo are registered trademarks of Parallels IP Holdings GmbH in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Guest Operating Systems Supported as Virtual Machines within Parallels Desktop Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 7 (SP0-SP1)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP0-SP2)
Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise (SP0-SP2)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP0-SP2)
Windows XP (SP0-SP3)
Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Windows 2000 Server SP4
MS-DOS 6.22
Boot2Docker
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 6, 5
CentOS Linux 7, 6, 5
Fedora Linux 28, 27, 26
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 17.10, 16.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS
Debian GNU/Linux 9.4, 9, 8, 7
Suse Linux Enterprise 12 SP3, 11 SP3, 11 SP2
openSUSE Linux 15, 42.3, 13.2, 13.1, 12.3
Linux Mint 19, 18, 17
Kali 2018.2, 2018.1, 2
Elementary 0.4
Manjaro 17
Mageia 6, 5, 4, 3
Gentoo Linux
Solaris 11.3, 11, 10
openBSD 6
FreeBSD 11.1, 10, 10, 9, 8
openVZ 7
eComStation 2, 1.2
ReactOS 0.4
Android OS
macOS Mojave 10.14.x
macOS High Sierra 10.13.x
macOS Sierra 10.12.x
OS X El Capitan 10.11.x
OS X Yosemite 10.10.x
OS X Mavericks 10.9.x
OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x
OS X Lion 10.7.x
OS X Lion Server 10.7.x
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
