What Is Parallels Desktop 17 Used for Windows 11 Now you can run Windows 11 on a Mac with Parallels Desktop 17. Parallels has offered Mac users a way to run Windows in a virtualized form in macOS for a long time. In earlier days, it is possible to run Windows 10 on Intel Macs with Apple’s Boot Camp. If you wish to try Windows 11 on a Mac, now Parallels narrows the gap in its latest update – Parallels Desktop 17 which makes it easy for Mac users to install this new operating system of Microsoft. Parallels Desktop 17 Brings Windows 11 to Macsīack in June, Microsoft launched Windows 11 that is similar to macOS in some aspects ( related article: Windows 11 Looks Like macOS: Here’s Everything New Coming to PC). If you want to know much information about Windows 11 on an M1 Mac, read this post and MiniTool Solution focuses on this topic with many details. Thanks to Parallels Desktop 17 (the latest version of Parallels' virtualization suite), Windows 11 can now run on M1 Macs.