As per the company, Parallels 17 will enable M1 users to get 28 percent better DirectX 11 performance and up to 33 percent faster boot times for Windows 10 on Arm Insider Preview VMs. However, while M1 users have to deal with the above issues, they will also get some advantages if they are coming from Parallels 16. So, if you want to run Windows on Arm operating system on your M1 Macs, we’d recommend you proceed with caution as the x86 emulation of Windows on Arm has been pretty unpredictable and the 圆4 emulation still needs some significant refinements. This essentially means that M1 Mac users will be limited to the Windows on Arm version, which is usually a bit unstable. So, the catch for M1 Mac users is that Parallels will only allow them to emulate Windows on Arm on Arm-based machines. However, there’s a catch for those running the software on Arm-based systems. The software comes with support for both Intel and M1 Macs and can also run the Windows 11 previews. For those unaware, Parallels Desktop is a hardware virtualization software for Macs that lets users run Windows on macOS machines.
