If you need to run Windows apps on an Apple Silicon Mac, the two best choices are Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac and VMWare Fusion. Here's what you should know about the two tools. One of the rare ...

In a comprehensive set of benchmark tests, virtualization competitors Parallels Desktop 5.0 and VMware Fusion 3.0 were examined head-to-head, finding Parallels to be an average of 30% faster than ...

Virtualization on Intel-based Mac OS X machines has been a hot topic for quite a while. Parallels hit the ground running when it first introduced us to their Desktop for Mac product, and they haven't ...

VMware Fusion 2.0 will ship next month and Parallels has released a beta of Parallels Desktop 4.0, both of which enable Windows apps to run virtually on Mac hardware VMware and upstart Parallels are ...

I recently bought my wife a new MBP from the last ones that just came out (Santa Rosa chipset). I need to put Windows on there as she vastly prefers Outlook to Entourage. All of her current contacts ...

Parallels Desktop is one of the best ways to virtualize Windows and Linux on modern Macs, and it just received its first major update of 2026. Parallels Desktop 26 is now available to download, with ...