Parallels 19 - what's new and what's missing *technically* (no marketing speak)?

[applCore]

All of the information and articles I've seen so far have been bereft technical details as to what is new and what is missing. It's all marketing speak garbage so far.

I have seen that the following are lacking:

• macOS 10.14, 10.15, and 11 will not run Parallels Desktop 19.
• Older Windows OS versions (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1) are no longer supported on Intel Macs.
• Certain features like “Print to PDF (Mac Desktop)” and “Transfer Windows from PC” have been removed.

But these are not very clear. I also see that Docker can now be used (x64 ?AND? ARM64?), but not a lot of details.

Would love to see some nitty-gritty technical discussions that would have more clarity on what some of us who push it harder as software developers, gamers, and/or other demanding / nuanced users might like to understand.

 

[maflynn]

But these are not very clear.

Is this what you're looking for?
Parallels Desktop 19 for Mac system requirements

 

[Boyd01]

Older Windows OS versions (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1) are no longer supported on Intel Macs.

They sent out a notice that support was dropping for these almost a year ago (IIRC). However, it said that those operating systems would probably still work for awhile, but would eventually break in the future since they aren't doing anything to make them compatible anymore.

 

[Mac Hammer Fan]

Heaven on Parallels 19 vs MacOS Sonoma

 

[vkd]

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Heaven on Parallels 19 vs MacOS Sonoma

Are these both on the same machine? ie. Parallels 19 is running on Sonoma on your M1 Mac and so the 119.9 FPS score is for [Heaven running on Windows 10 running in Parallels 19 running on Sonoma]

 

[Mac Hammer Fan]

Are these both on the same machine? ie. Parallels 19 is running on Sonoma on your M1 Mac and so the 119.9 FPS score is for [Heaven running on Windows 10 running in Parallels 19 running on Sonoma]

They are both on the same machine. A Mac Studio M1 Max. Windows 11 Parallels 19 vs Sonoma 14.0

 

[bogdanw]

They are both on the same machine. A Mac Studio M1 Max. Windows 11 Parallels 19 vs Sonoma 14.0

Why does the image from Sonoma list CPU model as “VirtualApple”? It it using Rosetta?

 

[Mac Hammer Fan]

Why does the image from Sonoma list CPU model as “VirtualApple”? It it using Rosetta?

Yes