Parallels desktop: new X86 emulation on Apple Silicon

Alludo, mother company of Parallels, has a new version of the MacOS virtualization solution Parallels Desktop at the start. The Update 20.3 Brings a whole range of interesting improvements despite the low increase in version.

FEX emulator and USB for MacOS-VMS

So you can now thanks to the integrated FEX emulator A whole series of X86 games and X86 apps Especially older design also play on ARM machines. Parallels Desktop had already started to start Intel-VMS, albeit quite slowly. It can be expected that performance will increase in the future.

MacOS VMS, in which various features were missing even after several years of development, are also improved. This leads to a general USB support thanks to the new Passhrough option. This allows completely new workflows for the first time, according to Alludo. However, support is not yet perfect – audio devices and iPhones are not yet working. In addition, parallels desktop must run on a sequoia machine (MacOS 15).

Medical app supports more MDM and OBS

Users of the Dragon Medical One Medical App For Language-based Clinic Documentation will receive direct support from May, including about the Coherence mode with Windows windows on the Mac. Alludo has cooperated with the manufacturer, and the Nuance Powermic is also supported. When installing parallels desktop, the admin rights can now also be approved using a touch ID and there is an improved activation control for MDM management Macs. Also useful: User of the popular virtual camera solution OBS can now use a camera integrated in MacOS for the first time directly under Windows, for example for zoom or teams.

Parallels desktop is offered in different variants. After a free test phase, the standard version is currently 75 euros a year due (standard price: 100 euros). In addition, a pro and business version as well as an enterprise variant are also offered. Developer should use the pro version, according to Alludo-it supports more RAM and more virtual CPUs. This currently costs 90 euros a year, the regular price is 120 euros.