Parallels Desktop is virtualization software developed by Parallels to allow a Chrome OS or macOS system to run Windows.

Description

Parallels Desktop allows Windows to run within a window on the client machine. Files and text can be dragged and dropped between operating systems.

Supported Windows versions

• Windows 7
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
• Windows 11

Video gallery

How to Run Windows on Chromebooks with Parallels Desktop

How to Run Windows on Mac with Parallels Desktop

See also

• Hyper-V, hypervisor-based virtualization for Windows.
• Virtual PC, virtualization software for PCs that was acquired by Microsoft.

External links

• Parallels official website
  • Parallels Desktop for Chrome OS
  • Parallels Desktop for Mac
• Parallels Desktop for Mac at Wikipedia

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