Hello,
I tried to run the CorelDRAW graphic suite 2025 on my Mac Mini M2 Pro. in a Windows11 Pro VM handled by Parallels Desktop Pro
macOS version: 15.4.1
Parallels Desktop version: 20.3.0 (55895)
Windows11 version: 24H2 (bnuild #26120.3964)
CorelDRAW version: 26.0.0.101 - March 2025 Release
When I launch CorelDRAW, I get the following message:
CorelDRAW
Insufficient hardware support
This device does not meet the minimum CPU or GPU requirements necessary to run the application. In particular, the CPU does not support: AVX, AVX2. This may result in slow performance, limited functionality, or instability. Consider upgrading your device for optimal performance.
And indeed, although the application is fairly fast at first, it quickly becomes unbelievably slow, to the point where a simple operation such as selecting an object can take literally tens of minutes, or even over an hour!
Unfortunately, even though there is a "Mac" version of the CorelDRAW suite, some of the features (certain plug-ins and macros) that I use at work are only available in the Windows version...
So I have two questions:
1. Is there a setting in Parallels Desktop that would allow me to eliminate this problem in its current version?
2. If not, would it be (technically) possible to make Parallels Desktop compatible (e.g., simulate AVX and AVX2)?