Earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled its future product that it Windows 10. The new update is comprised of a mesh between Windows 7 w/ some of the UI + touchscreen features of Windows 8. While it is available for all capable machines running Windows, that doesn’t mean that those of us who have Macs has to miss out on it.
The folks over at Parallels have the same mindset. For those of you who maybe unaware, Parallels is a software that allows you to run Windows on your Mac. Newer features allow you to access both platforms virtually and drops the need to repurchase Office or another subscription service.
They have a step-by-step instruction to help you access it on your Mac which lies below.
- Before installing a virtual machine you need to sign up for Windows Insider Program and download Windows 10 Technical Preview, an early look at the future of Windows.
- Download Windows 10 Technical Preview VM shell on your Mac with Parallels Desktop 10 installed -> double-click on the archive to unzip the virtual machine shell -> move the virtual machine shell to ~/Documents/Parallels/
- Double-click on the Windows 10 Technical Preview VM shell.pvm file -> Parallels Desktop will ask whether you have copied or moved the virtual machine -> click Copied
NOTE: If your Mac has 4GB of RAM, Parallels Desktop prompts to decrease an amount of RAM assigned to the virtual machine:
Hit Don’t Change button
- Then the virtual machine will show you a blank Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) screen -> Go to Actions menu and Stop the virtual machine:
- Go back to Actions menu -> Configure… -> Hardware tab -> CD/DVD 1 page -> Connect to: -> Choose an image file… ->locate WindowsTechnicalPreview.iso file and choose it.NOTE: Make sure Connected option is checked.
- Launch Windows 10 Technical Preview VM shell virtual machine -> Proceed with Windows installation. Select Advanced Installwhen prompted and choose the drive.
- When the install is finished, create a user account and access Windows 10 Technical Preview Desktop.
- Now you need to install Parallels Tools. Please click on Actions tab -> Install Parallels Tools…
- If installation didn’t start, in the virtual machine go to This PC and double-click on DVD Drive (D:) Parallels Tools -> proceed with Parallels Tools installation.
- When all setups are finished, you may shutdown the virtual machine and rename it in the configuration window.
If you do wind up installing it, let us how you like it.
Enjoy!
