Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac moves to Metal for DirectX 11 and more | Ars Technica

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hey, Is there a planned release date for the release of DirectX 12 support? The goal is to set proper expectations here. Parallels Desktop – Run Windows on Mac without Rebooting! Easy to Get Started. Instant Download. Try Free Today!
 
 

We were told it was coming, and we were not misled: the new version of Parallels Desktop now supports DirectX 9, 10, and 11 via Metal. Parallels’ rep noted to us that “Metal and DirectX work best in Catalina.

There’s a plethora of additional features both Catalina-related and otherwise—Bluetooth low-energy support, the ability to drag items from Safari or Photos in macOS to your virtual Windows machine, and more—which you can read about on the Parallels website.

But one of the recurring themes we noticed during a presentation of the new software by Parallels was improvements to how Coherence mode works.

Coherence facilitates seamless movement between Windows and macOS apps; it essentially puts Windows apps in macOS windows, which includes macOS-like behaviors, a place in the Mac’s dock, and so on.

Sometimes, this might create confusion for users unfamiliar with it, so many small aspects of the transitions and workflow for Coherence have been improved for clarity and efficiency. Additionally, Parallels Desktop 15 Pro and Business editions now feature a Virtual Platform Trusted Module, which is “a new virtual machine hardware to VM configuration required by Windows to enable additional security features.

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Email samuel. Chronological Insightful Highest Voted Funniest. Any word on gaming performance? On that note, have they made any comments on future DirectX 12 support?

Yeah, they lost me as a customer when they started removing features on version “upgrades” so they could charge more for “Business” versions. That and the impossible-to-disable advert popups on a paid app… no thanks. Sketchy company. Looking at the feature set, this might be the first time in a couple years where the annual upgrade price tag is justified.

The way this product tries to force you to upgrade every year even though the OS X changes should not impact it is bullshit. I got tired of their shenanigans.

Forget that, I’ve just discovered that Paintshop Pro still exists! I thought Corel killed that years ago. Glad to hear about this, I was right to hold off on Parallels 14 this long since 13 was working fine. But with Catalina coming, I expected incompatibilities that would finally require an upgrade. Now I can just skip 14 altogether. Parallels Desktop 15 running Windows 7 and Windows 11 you say? I think you have a bigger scoop here than boring old Parallels Desktop 15 ;-.

It does not matter who is causing these issue, but as a user, I am not going to troubleshoot any of these. So, it’s a 1 star from me. I absolutely need the ability to have a virtual environment for work and for personal projects. Having a native solution within OSX is great, having as solution which is fast, has a light footprint, and that gets out of the way is even better!

I like Parallels so far I’m currently using a trial and plan to purchase it in the next few days when my trial ends. My only suggestion to the developers is this: Get more support for the M1 chip. We need more than the 5 or 6 virtual solutions you’ve provided. The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:. The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:. Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age.

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Claim a free day trial of Parallels Desktop 17 and just give it incompatibility with Windows on ARM, missing DirectX 12 support, etc. DirectX and Parallels Desktop 13 work together to provide support for popular applications and gaming. Supporting DirectX within Parallels. Hey, Is there a planned release date for the release of DirectX 12 support? The goal is to set proper expectations here.