What You Need
To use Parallels Desktop for Mac App Store Edition, you need a Mac with the following configuration:
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Minimum To run most applications such as Microsoft Office, accounting, trading, SAP, MATLAB, and more. |
Best Performance For graphics-intensive applications, high loads and running multiple virtual machines. |
Processor |
Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor |
Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 or Xeon processor |
Memory |
4GB of RAM |
16GB of RAM or more |
Storage |
500 MB for Parallels Desktop application installation Additional disk space for the guest operating system (at least 16GB is required for Windows 10) |
SSD drive |
Graphics |
Intel, AMD Radeon, or NVIDIA |
AMD Radeon Pro graphics card |
Operating System |
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DirectX 11 requires at least macOS Mojave 10.14.6, but works best on macOS 10.15 Catalina. |
Internet connection is required for product activation, updates, and select features.
For a list of operating systems that Parallels Desktop supports for use with your Mac, see Supported Guest Operating Systems.
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