Third party app insanely slow on Windows11 Pro (24H2) on Mac Mini M2 Pro

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by Bertrand, May 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM.

  1. Bertrand

    Bertrand Member

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    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)?
     
  2. Bertrand

    Bertrand Member

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    I forgot to mention that this CorelDRAW issue affects the overall performance of Windows. If I leave CorelDRAW running, Windows 11 also becomes increasingly slow, to the point where I am eventually forced to restart Windows.
     

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