Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac, First Take: Faster, more efficient and macOS Mojave-ready
Summary
Last years upgrade to v13 largely focused on catching up with recent developments in Mac hardware, such as the Touch Bar on Apples latest MacBook Pro laptops.In contrast, v14 is more forward-looking, allowing you to create Windows virtual machines (VMs) that support new technologies, such as Intels high-performance AVX-512 instruction set, which is used in the current Xeon-based iMac Pro , as well as the next generation of Cannon Lake chips.The developers have also improved OpenGL support for Windows VMs in order to enhance performance for a number of graphics-intensive apps, such as the OriginLab range of data analysis tools, which havent run well within the virtual machine environment in the past.Image: Cliff Joseph/ZDNet There have been performance improvements in other areas too, with Parallels claiming that Coherence mode, which hides the Windows desktop so that Windows apps simply appear on the Mac desktop alongside native Mac apps, provides 17 percent higher frame rates when running graphics software.Windows apps with Touch Bar support on MacBook Pros now include QuickBooks (above) and Microsofts Visual Studio.
