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Now that you're running Windows 10 through Parallels you'll be able to take advantage of a plethora of new options. To switch to full Windows mode, go to the Parallels drop-down in the Finder menu bar of OS X and choose View > Exit Coherence. Once installation is complete, Parallels should automatically open Coherence mode, which lets you use Windows 10 features while still running OS X.

It'll take a few minutes to install, but you're almost done - Windows 10 will shortly be installed on your Mac.

Select the Home version, then begin the installation. Alternatively, many users in the past opted for Macs because of their design, so if you are not married to macOS, try a Surface Laptop instead.Set the configuration depending on how your Windows machine will be used, but feel free to change it later.Īfter making these selections, Parallels will load up a Windows environment. Personally, I have run Macs with Parallels in the past and if you have to run a few Windows applications then this is the only way to go with Apple Silicon Macs.

Now that you have Windows 10 installed (virtually) you should update it to the latest version and hit up the Microsoft Store to install the latest app updates and find new apps.

Users of Parallels desktop have a few options to choose from here, start a 14-day free trial, buy Parallels Desktop Standard which is a one-time purchase, but will not get you future versions of Parallels Desktop and two other high-end subscriptions for $99/year, that enable more performance and annual upgrades to new versions of Parallels.

After several minutes the Windows 10 installation will complete, next select continue and sign into your Parallels account or create a new one.

Depending on your needs for the Windows apps, you may want to allocate at least half of your resources like CPU and RAM to Windows while you are using Parallels Desktop.

After your Windows 10 installation is created you can customize the amount of CPU cores, RAM, Storage and so on.Parallels will automatically find you Windows 10.VHDX image file, if it doesn’t find it on your Mac, probably in your downloads folder, unless you specified otherwise.Now with the Parallels Installation Assistant you will be prompted to configure Windows 10.