Up to 250 percent less energy used: On a Mac with an Apple M1 chip, Parallels Desktop 16.5 uses 2.5 times less energy than on a 2020 Intel-based MacBook Air computer.The company notes the following significant benchmarks: Parallels seems impressed with the performance benefits of the M1 Mac. Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac also supports Linux distributives Ubuntu 20.04, Kali Linux 2021.1, Debian 10.7 and Fedora Workstation 33-1.2. It’s the fastest version of Windows that I have ever had!” “Running Windows on my M1 Mac in Parallels Desktop 16.5 has been awesome.
