Parallels Desktop 20 for Mac - Student Edition (1-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION)

Manufacturer

Parallels

Delivery Type

Download

A valid Guest Operating System license is required and is sold separately.

MSRP:$99.99

$49.99 USD

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Looking to get Parallels for your entire class? Order Parallels Desktop for your students at once by placing a bulk order here. This version is a fully featured version, available for download. This product allows for personal use on a single machine, not for use on shared workstations.

Features

Packed with over 20 powerful must-have features to boost performance optimized for macOS Ventura, Intel and Apple M series chips.

Seamless
Use Windows, side-by-side, with macOS on your MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac mini or Mac Pro—no restarting required. Share files and folders, copy and paste images and text, and drag and drop files and content between Mac and Windows applications.
Easy Set-Up
Parallels Desktop automatically detects what you need to get started so you can get up and running within minutes! If you need Windows, you’ll be prompted to download and install Windows 11 or use your Boot Camp installation if you have an Intel-based Mac. You may also migrate your Windows PC* or Linux, like Ubuntu (Intel-based Mac computers only).
Lightning Fast
Graphic and resource-hungry Windows applications run effortlessly without slowing down your Mac. Run applications such as Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, SQL Server, PowerBI, AutoCAD, MetaTrader, and thousands more. Play your favorite classic Windows-only games on a Mac.
Choose your View
Make Windows invisible while still using its applications in Coherence™ Mode, or if you’re new to Mac, you can set Windows to occupy your entire screen, so it looks just like it would if you were using a Windows PC.

Parallels Desktop 20 for Mac - Windows on your Mac (Multilanguage) (1-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION)

Supported Mac Configurations

	Minimum Run most applications such as Microsoft Office, accounting software, trading software, SAP, Matlab, and more.	Best Performance For graphics-intensive applications, high loads, and running multiple, virtual machines.
Processor	Any Apple silicon chip Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor	Any Apple silicon chip Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 or Xeon processor
Memory	4 GB of RAM	16 GB of RAM or more
Storage	600 MB for Parallels Desktop application installation Additional disk space for the guest operating system (at least 16 GB is required for Windows OS)	600 MB for Parallels Desktop application installation Additional disk space for the guest operating system (at least 16 GB is required for Windows OS)
Graphics	Any Apple silicon chip Intel, AMD Radeon, or NVIDIA graphics cards	Any Apple silicon chip AMD Radeon Pro graphics card
Operating System	macOS Sequoia 15.0 or newer macOS Sonoma 14.0 or newer macOS Ventura 13.4 or newer macOS Monterey 12.6 or newer macOS Big Sur 11.7 or newer[1] macOS Catalina 10.15.7 or newer[1] macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or newer[1]	macOS Sequoia 15.0 or newer macOS Sonoma 14.0 or newer macOS Ventura 13.4 or newer macOS Monterey 12.6 or newer macOS Big Sur 11.7 or newer[1] macOS Catalina 10.15.7 or newer[1] macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or newer[1]

Internet connection is required for product activation, updates, and select features.

[1] – the marked OS version is not supported by Parallels Desktop 20, and the product installer will set up an earlier product version; support of guest operating systems can be limited. It is recommended to update macOS if possible.

Supported Guest Operating Systems (Mac with Apple M-series chip)

Only Arm versions of operating systems are supported.

Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise editions (recommended)
Ubuntu Linux 24.04, 23.04, 22.04, 21.10, 21.04, 20.10, 20.04
Fedora Workstation 40, 39
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Debian GNU/Linux 12, 11
Kali Linux 2024.2, 2023.1, 2022.2, 2022.1, 2021.3
CentOS Stream 9
macOS Monterey 12 (in-app download)
macOS Ventura 13 (in-app download)
macOS Sonoma 14 (in-app download)
macOS Sequoia 15

Supported Guest Operating Systems (Mac with an Intel processor)

Only x86 versions of operating systems are supported.

Windows 11 (recommended)
Windows 10[1]
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Boot2Docker
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9,8 and 7
CentOS Linux 9 Stream, 8, 7
Fedora Linux 40, 39
Ubuntu 24.04, 23.04, 22.04 LTS, 21.10, 21.04, 20.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS
Debian GNU/Linux 12, 11
Suse Linux Enterprise 15
OpenSUSE Linux 15.5 and 15.4
Linux Mint 20
Kali 2024.2, 2023.1, 2022.2, 2022.1
Elementary OS 7
Manjaro 22 and 21
Mageia 8
Gentoo Linux[2]
openBSD 6[2]
FreeBSD 12 and 11[2]
openVZ 7
eComStation 2 and 1.2[2]
ReactOS 0.4[2]
Android OS (in-app download only)
macOS Sequoia 15.0 (when released)[3]
macOS Sonoma 14.0[3]
macOS Ventura 13.0[3]
macOS Monterey 12.0[3]
macOS Big Sur 11.0[3]
macOS Catalina 10.15[3]
macOS Mojave 10.14.x[3]
macOS High Sierra 10.13.x[3]
macOS Sierra 10.12.x[3]
OS X El Capitan 10.11.x[3]
OS X Yosemite 10.10.x[3]
OS X Mavericks 10.9.x[3]
and many more...

[1] — Only the 64-bit version is supported.

[2] — Parallels Tools are not available for this operating system.

[3] — Requires a Mac computer that supports the operating system as a host OS.

Note: Support for legacy Windows OS versions (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2) is limited. Learn more at KB 129252.

Parallels Desktop for Mac emulates PC hardware, so operating systems that are not present in this list can work as well. You can download the Parallels Desktop trial and install an operating system of your choice. If it doesn't work and you believe it should be supported, let us know at Parallels Forum. To learn more about the limitations of running Windows 11 in Parallels Desktop, please visit KB 129497. .

Moving Your PC?

You can move your files from Windows PC using Apple Migration Assistant. To move your Windows apps, you can use the Parallels Transporter feature.

Note: Parallels Transporter is not available for Mac with Apple M1 chips.

PC system requirements to move your PC to your Intel Mac (using Parallels Transporter Agent):

700 MHz (or higher) x86 or x64 processor (Intel or AMD)
256 MB of RAM
50 MB of available hard disk space for installation of Parallels Transporter Agent
Ethernet or WiFi network adapter for migrating over network
External USB drive for migrating via external disk
Supported Windows: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 * * To migrate Windows Vista or older, Transporter Agent from Parallels Desktop 13 should be used.