Do I have enough power/storage to run windows on mac

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IrvinS1

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Macbook Air 2013
1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 processor
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Memory
251 flash storage (71GB already taken up)
OSX 10.9.5

I need to run Parallels for Windows on my Mac in order to use Microsoft's Visual Studio (coding).My question is will my Mac be able to handle the looping and other function coding requires and also will it run smoothly having install the software Parallels and Window 8.1 while running Visual Studios?

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
 
Hi IrvinS1,
Yes, you can run latest version of Parallels Desktop on your Mac, 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:
  • OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 or later
  • OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 or later
Please refer to Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac system requirements to know more.
 
Ram@Parallels said:
Hi IrvinS1,
Yes, you can run latest version of Parallels Desktop on your Mac, 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:
  • OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 or later
  • OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 or later
Please refer to Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac system requirements to know more.
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Okay thank you so much
 
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