Hello everybody, I am using Windows 8.1 with Visual Studio 2013 with the latest Parallels Version (10.1.3) and two external 24 inch monitors (each 1920x1080 pixel resolution) on a MacBook Pro 15 inch Retina with Core i7 2,5 GHz, NVIDIA Ge-Force graphics, 16GB Ram and OS X Yosemite. The MacBook display is closed while working with the two external monitors. (However, the following problem also applies if the display is open and active) The problem is that CPU load of Parallels Desktop goes up to 180% and thus the MacBook gets really hot and the fan of the MacBook starts to blow at full power with full noise (which is pretty annoying). Does anybody have an idea what I can do to avoid this high CPU load? Thank you!
Your should stop using Parallels immediately before you destroy your machine. VM's are resource hogs to begin with but a horribly coded program like Parallels have a tendency to destroys machines quicker then if you spilled a 20 oz soda on it.
Im using the same machine with 2 27" 1440 monitors and my temps are sub 50degrees. How may CPUs have you dedicated to the VM, when I had 8 allocated for testing the temps were higher even when there was little load. edit: I also have a 1080p TV connected to the HDMI socket and use the internal screen so my laptop is open which might help with cooling.
