To install and set up Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac, you need:

Hardware:

• A Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core M or Xeon processor
• 4 GB of memory (8 GB recommended)
• 850 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop installation
• Additional disk space for virtual machines (varies on operating system installed)
• Internet connection

Software:

• macOS Sierra 10.12 or later (NOTE: Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is the recommended version for use on macOS Sierra)
• OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 or later
• OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 or later
• OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 or later

Supported 32-bit Operating Systems for virtual machines:

• Windows 10
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 8
• Windows Server 2012 R2, SP0
• Windows 7 SP1, SP0
• Windows Server 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
• Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise SP2, SP1, SP0
• Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
• Windows XP Professional SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
• Windows XP Home SP3, SP2, SP1, SP0
• Windows 2000 Professional SP4
• Windows 2000 Server SP4
• Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6
• Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6
• Windows ME
• Windows 98 SE
• Windows 95
• Windows 3.11
• MS-DOS 6.22
• Red Hat Enterprise 7.x, 6.x, 5.x
• Fedora Linux 22, 21, 20, 19
• Ubuntu 16.04, 15.10, 15.04, 14.10, 14.04, 13.10, 13.04, 12.04, 12.04 LTS, 10.04 LTS
• CentOS Linux 7.0, 6.x, 5.x
• Debian Linux 8.x, 7.x
• Suse Linux Enterprise 11 SP3, SP2
• OpenSUSE Linux 13.2, 13.1, 12.3
• Linux Mint 17.2, 17, 16, 13
• Mageia 5, 4.1, 3
• Solaris 11, 10
• FreeBSD 10.1, 10, 9.x, 8.x
• OS/2 Warp 4.5, 4
• eComStation 2.x, 1.2
• Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
• Android OS*
• Chrome OS*

*Only appliances downloaded within New Virtual Machine Wizard are supported.

Supported 64-bit Operating Systems for virtual machines:

• Windows 10
• Windows 8.1, Update1
• Windows 8
• Windows Server 2012 R2, SP0
• Windows 7 SP1, SP0
• Windows Server 2008 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
• Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate, Enterprise SP0, SP1, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 R2, SP2, SP1, SP0
• Windows XP Professional SP2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 6.x, 5.x
• Fedora Linux 22, 21, 20, 19
• Ubuntu 16.04, 15.10, 15.04, 14.10, 14.04, 13.10, 13.04, 12.04, 12.04 LTS, 10.04 LTS
• CentOS Linux 7.0, 6.x, 5.x
• Debian Linux 8.x, 7.x
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3, SP2
• OpenSUSE Linux 13.2, 13.1, 12.3
• Linux Mint 17.2, 17, 16, 13
• Mageia 5, 4.1, 3
• FreeBSD 10.1, 10, 9.x, 8.x
• OS X Yosemite 10.10.x
• OS X Mavericks 10.9.x
• OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x
• OS X Lion 10.7.x
• OS X Lion Server 10.7.x
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server 10.6.x
• Mac OS X Leopard Server 10.5.x

To download the latest Parallels Desktop 11 build please click here.

PC system requirements to move your PC to your 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

Supported Windows and Linux versions:

• Windows 10
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows 2000
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Ubuntu Linux 8.04