Using Windows video capture/editing software (Parallels vs BootCamp)

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by Nick916, Oct 30, 2018.

  1. Nick916

    Nick916 Bit poster

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    I have a fully-loaded 2017 MacBook Pro. I own some Windows-only video capture and editing software (that uses external USB capture box hardware) that I want to run on it. I have a Parallels Desktop Windows 10 VM installed on OS X, but I'm concerned that it will not be suitable to run this software efficiently. I can always do BootCamp if necessary.

    System requirements of software #1:

    64-bit OS recommended
    4 GB RAM
    Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz or higher (multi-core system recommended)
    DirectX compatible graphics card with at least 256 MB
    HDD capable of sustained reading and writing at 4 MB/sec


    System requirements of software #2:

    Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon x2 64 2.0 GHz
    2 GB RAM
    DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card or higher, sound card


    Parallels VM specs:

    2 Processors
    8 GB RAM
    512 MB
    DirectX 10 3D acceleration


    This would seem to indicate that the VM is capable of running the software, but since these types of programs are so demanding of the hardware, I figured I'd seek a second opinion first. Will Parallels be powerful enough to run my software, or should I turn to BootCamp?

    Thanks!
     
  2. PaulChristopher@Parallels

    PaulChristopher@Parallels Product Expert Staff Member

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    Hi @Nick16, Yes! Your Mac hardware and Parallels Desktop 14 meets both the software requirements! You may start using a trial of Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac: Also, please check out this article Parallels Desktop and Mac OS (Host) compatibility
     

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