
Parallels Desktop emulates PC hardware, so operating systems that are not present in this list can work as well. Download the Parallels Transporter Agent. *To migrate Windows Vista or older, Transporter Agent from Parallels Desktop 13 should be used.
Supported Windows: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000*. External USB drive for migrating via external disk. Ethernet or WiFi network adapter for migrating over network. 50 MB of available hard disk space for installation of Parallels Transporter Agent. 700 MHz (or higher) x86 or 圆4 processor (Intel or AMD). PC system requirements to move your PC to your Mac (using Parallels Transporter Agent): Need to migrate your PC to a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop? Parallels Tools for Linux requires X Window System version 1.15–1.20 and Linux Kernel version 2.6.29–5.1. **Parallels Tools are not available for this operating system. *Only the version downloaded with help of the Installation Assistant with Parallels Desktop. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 6. Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate and Enterprise (SP0-SP2). Guest Operating Systems Supported as a Virtual Machine within Parallels Desktop SSD hard drives will also optimize the performance of Parallels Desktop. A suggested memory amount for intensive applications and multitasking is 16 GB of RAM. Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 or Xeon processor. Note: Microsoft Windows 10 requires at least 16 GB of storage space.įor the best performance with graphics-intensive applications, gaming, high loads and running multiple virtual machines, we recommend: Additional disk space is needed for the guest OS and future saved files. At least 500 MB of space on your local hard drive to download the Parallels Desktop installation. A Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor.
Minimum requirements are dictated to run most applications, such as Microsoft Office and more: Note: DirectX 11 requires at least macOS Mojave 10.14 but works best on macOS 10.15 Catalina. Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 or Xeon processorĥ00 MB for Parallels Desktop application installationĪdditional disk space for the guest operating system (at least 16 GB is required for Windows 10)
Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor We recommend that curious users read this blog post thoroughly to ensure that you’re set up for success before downloading Parallels Desktop 15. Here is a detailed outline of Parallels Desktop 15 system requirements for hardware, supported host and guest operating systems-as well as how to transfer your PC to a virtual machine- provided below.įor well over a decade, millions of global users have used Parallels Desktop® for Mac to run Windows, Linux and other popular operating systems on Mac®-without rebooting.