They’re incredible. I love my M2… until I need to work within a windows environment… then it seems I’m SOL unless I wanna come up with $40/month for windows 365. Or remote a tower via VM. It’s too bad a lot of software just won’t work on an ARM… yet.
I’m using Parallels in a M2 MBP. There are some limitations (DirectX being a big one) but I’m running x64 software using Windows on ARM emulation in Windows 11 which I didn’t expect to be able to do.
The newest version of VMWare Fusion not only supports Windows on ARM but has streamlined the installation (as long as you have a valid Windows license).
I run Windows on my Apple Silicon Macs without a Windows 365 subscription. With Parallels, you don’t even need to bother with a Windows Insider account. Parallels just downloads Windows 11 ARM edition and installs it.
They’re incredible. I love my M2… until I need to work within a windows environment… then it seems I’m SOL unless I wanna come up with $40/month for windows 365. Or remote a tower via VM. It’s too bad a lot of software just won’t work on an ARM… yet.
Is Parallels a no-go? I am literally one paycheck away from buying a M3 MBP but if Parallels is nonfunctional on Apple silicon I have to reconsider.
Parallels works but only with Windows 11 ARM. Which means no 64bit x86 programs. 32bit ones however can run on ARM
Parallels works great. VMWare launched a version of Fusion recently that works well (and has an easy install similar to Parallels for Windows ARM).
I run Windows 11 under Parallels in an M1 Mac Studio all day every day. I run primarily Microsoft Office with it and Chrome. No issues.
I’m using Parallels in a M2 MBP. There are some limitations (DirectX being a big one) but I’m running x64 software using Windows on ARM emulation in Windows 11 which I didn’t expect to be able to do.
The newest version of VMWare Fusion not only supports Windows on ARM but has streamlined the installation (as long as you have a valid Windows license).
I run Windows on my Apple Silicon Macs without a Windows 365 subscription. With Parallels, you don’t even need to bother with a Windows Insider account. Parallels just downloads Windows 11 ARM edition and installs it.