Good performance is essential when running Windows, or any other OS, as a virtual machine (VM) on your Mac, and Parallels claims that Parallels Desktop 17 includes a new display driver that improves performance for 2D graphics by up to 25%. Some Parallels users have also raised questions about Windows 11's use of TPM 2.0, but Parallels points out that a 'virtual TPM chip' was already available in previous versions, and this has now been updated to support Windows 11.
Parallels Desktop includes a 'virtual TPM chip', making it ready for Windows 11. If you don't want to risk running Monterey as the primary OS on your Mac, you can also run it as a 'guest' in a virtual machine if you prefer.
It's also been extensively tested with the beta versions of the forthcoming Windows 11 and MacOS Monterey, to ensure compatibility - or at least a swift update - when the final versions are released later this year. There are big changes coming on both the Mac and Windows sides of the fence, so Parallels Desktop 17 is now a 'universal' app that runs natively on Macs with both Intel chips and Apple's own M1 processors.
