User`s guide

Installing Parallels Desktop 17
System Requirements
Hardware Requirements
 Any Macintosh computer with an Intel processor (1.66 GHz or greater). To run 64-bit
operating systems in virtual machines, an Intel Core 2 or later processor is required.
 Minimum 1 GB of memory, 2 GB of memory is recommended.
Note: Your Mac must have enough memory to run Mac OS X and your Mac applications,
plus the memory required for the virtual machine guest operating system and the
applications installed in it.
 At least 500 MB of disk space on the boot volume (Macintosh HD) for Parallels Desktop
installation.
 About 15 GB of disk space for each virtual machine.
Software Requirements
 Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later
 Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 Leopard or later
Note: Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.x is not supported in this version of Parallels Desktop.
To get information about your Mac OS X version, type of processor, and amount of memory,
choose About This Mac from the Apple menu.