Parallels Desktop on Chrome OS now supports AMD Ryzen processors

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By Rich Woods

Published Apr 27, 2021

Parallels announced today that its Parallels Desktop software supports AMD Ryzen 3000C processors, allowing you to run Windows on Chrome OS.

Six months ago, Parallels and Google partnered up to bring Parallels Desktop to Chrome OS devices. But while you were able to run Windows in virtualization, the hardware that it ran on was limited. That's being expanded today.

Parallels announced today that it's adding support for AMD Ryzen processors. Specifically, those processors include the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 from the new Ryzen 3000C series. The company is no longer branding it as being for enterprise, since it's aiming at education and healthcare as well.

“With Parallels Desktop for Chrome OS, we make it simple for enterprises and education organizations to securely run fully featured Windows applications on powerful new Chrome Enterprise devices, both online and offline,” said Christa Quarles, Chief Executive Officer of Corel. “We want you to be able to get the job done, no matter where you are and what device you are using. This is why we also made Parallels Remote Application Server so simple that organizations of any size can deploy virtual Windows desktops and full-featured Windows apps to any device in as little as one day. This includes older Chromebooks, Macs, PCs, iPads, iPhones, Android tablets and phones, or any HTML5 web browser, so that workers and students, regardless of location, can use devices they already have in order to be productive.”

Now, the minimum requirements are an Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 and higher, 8GB of RAM or more, and at least 128GB of storage. The recommended requirements are double the RAM and storage.

Parallels announced a series of new Chromebooks and Chromeboxes that are now supported, which include a mix of Intel and AMD processors. Here's the full list with the new ones marked with an asterisk: