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Like clockwork, Parallels releases a new version of its desktop virtualization software for Mac computers every year. They often coincide with major new versions of the Windows and Mac operating systems, requiring major software changes to bring new Windows features to Apple computers or to make sure everything keeps working properly.
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is thus being announced today, but there isn’t much to be excited about. While Parallels can run just about any operating system in a virtual machine, its primary purpose is letting Mac users run Windows applications. For that use case, last year’s Parallels Desktop 11 release is still good enough.
There was an obvious reason to upgrade to Parallels 11 last year for people who wanted to run Windows 10 on a Mac. That’s because Parallels 11 was the only version to support Windows 10 in Coherence Mode, which lets Windows applications run on a Mac in their own windows and integrate with the Mac’s Notification Center. Without Coherence Mode, Windows applications are all contained in a single window that displays Microsoft’s whole operating system.
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Source: Ars Technica – Parallels for Mac has a new version, but no huge reason to upgrade