Parallels Desktop 26
Run Windows and more on your Mac with ease
Standard edition £154.99 or £58.49/year; Pro edition £64.99/year (subscription only) FROM parallels.com
NEEDS macOS 10.14.6 or later
Run Windows and other systems at near-native speeds inside a window on your Mac.
Parallels picks its optimal performance settings but these can be changed, assigning more CPU cores or memory
Before the iPhone, Apple was far less well known around the world than it is now. Outside of the creative industries most people used Windows PCs and that meant there were quite a few software products that simply did not exist for the Mac. Running Windows without needing a PC has long been something that has been useful for developers, gamers and those who like both platforms. When Apple transitioned to using Intel processors it created Boot Camp which let you run Windows natively but you were either booted into one OS or the other.