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For months now, Microsoft has been telling everyone about the pending update to Windows 10: the Creators Update. The release date has now been set, and it is April 11.
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If you wish to install the Windows 10 Creators Update in a brand new VM, you can do so now: an Installation ISO was released last week. I downloaded this ISO and installed it in Parallels Desktop 12. (You can see the VM window at the end of my post.) The installation went very smoothly and took about 40 minutes on my home iMac. (Instructions for installing Windows in Parallels Desktop are here.)
However, if you want to update an existing Windows 10 VM to the Creators Update build, you should get the latest update to Parallels Desktop first. Please read this knowledge base article here to get a full walk-through.
If you are a Parallels Desktop 12 user, the update to Parallels Desktop 12 was released yesterday. You can get this update by using the “Check for Updates…” menu item on the main menu of Parallels Desktop:
If you are a Parallels Desktop 11 user, the update to Parallels Desktop 11 is scheduled for release in mid-April. Just like in Parallels Desktop 12, you can get this update by using the “Check for Updates…” menu item on the main menu of Parallels Desktop.
If you are a Parallels Desktop 10 user, then this is a good opportunity for you to upgrade to Parallels Desktop 12. You can purchase this upgrade here.
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A regular cycle of annual upgrades has established Parallels Desktop as the leading virtualisation tool for Mac users who need to run Windows apps and software tools that aren't normally available on the Mac. Those upgrades also tend to coincide with new versions of macOS itself, so with macOS Mojave now in the final stages of beta testing it's time for version 14 of Parallels Desktop to make its debut.
Last year's upgrade to v13 largely focused on catching up with recent developments in Mac hardware, such as the Touch Bar on Apple's 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 Intel's 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 haven't run well within the virtual machine environment in the past.
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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. Launch and suspend times for virtual machines are also improved, along with performance of the Windows 'virtual disk'. And, for developers who may need to run multiple virtual machines with different operating systems, there's a Disk Space Wizard that helps to reduce the overall size of each virtual machine file.
Parallels always likes to support Apple's latest eye-candy features, so Windows virtual machines in Parallels Desktop 14 will be able to use the new Quick Look markup features that are due to arrive with macOS Mojave. The Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro laptops will now work with additional Windows apps, including QuickBooks and Microsoft Visual Studio, displaying menu commands from those apps directly on the Touch Bar. And, on the Windows side of the fence, Windows 10 virtual machines will now allow you to use a pressure-sensitive stylus or trackpad with Windows Ink.
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Parallels also informed us that it should be possible to accelerate graphics performance on a Windows VM using an external GPU (eGPU), such as the Blackmagic eGPU that Apple is currently promoting.