M1 features: Speed, battery status, and more
And drag and drop between Windows and Mac is now supported, so you can move text and images between the two quickly and easily. Parallels has also improved Coherence Mode (the ability to run Windows apps on a Mac without using the Windows desktop) with windowed shutdown, update, and sign-in screens. The Parallels company (which is part of Corel) claims that on both Intel and M1 Macs, Windows, Linux and macOS resume is now 38 percent faster, while Windows 2D graphics speed sees a 25 percent improvement, and OpenGL graphics is up to six times faster. And you also can run Monterey within Parallels Desktop 17 on Intel and M1 Macs, which is handy if you don’t have the option to run the Monterey beta on a separate Mac for testing purposes. Parallels Desktop 17 is designed to work on the upcoming macOS Monterey update as well as Windows 11 (the Arm version), which will be available this holiday season. In order to run Windows on Apple silicon, you’ll need to use a virtualization tool such as Parallels Desktop, and on Tuesday the latest version was released. Apple’s M1 System on a Chip is a breakthrough innovation for the company and the Mac, but it and the SoCs that follow don’t support Boot Camp, the feature that allows users to directly run Windows on a Mac.
