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    Parallels Desktop 16.5

    May 13, 2021 5 minutes
    DARIEN GRAHAM-SMITH

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    After 16 major releases, you might think there’s not much left to be added to Parallels Desktop – and for the vast majority of Mac owners who are still using Intel CPUs, there isn’t. For them, this update tidies up a few bugs and adds support for the latest version of the Linux kernel, but that’s largely it. Overall, it’s not even consequential enough to warrant a full ticking up of the version number.

    Yet this could possibly be the most significant release of Parallels since it first appeared in 2006. Just as version one unlocked the potential of Apple’s then-recent switch to the Intel architecture, this update breaks new ground by allowing you to install and run Windows 10 on Apple Silicon.

    It’s an enticing prospect, but not as

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