This problem only happens when a web page is open in Chrome. I can see this problem when Chrome is the only application running in the Win 8 VM. Closing Chrome in the VM immediately drops the processor usage for 'Parallels VM' on the Mac side down to 7-8% (Windows 8 Task Manager still shows only 2-3% CPU usage by all processes). At the same time the Win 8 Task Manager only shows 2-3% CPU usage for all running processes. 64) in a Windows 8 Pro VM hosted in Parallels 8 (Build 3) I see that the 'Parallels VM' process is constantly showing 40-50% CPU usage, even when the VM is idle. When I look in Activity Monitor in Mac OS X 10.8.3 on a Macbook Pro 15' Retina while running Chrome (Build.
