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moving an intel based Parallels windows VM to ARM

I second the idea of getting a dedicated PC for PC things. Ever since the departure of Intel on Mac, the need for Windows PC gradually rises for folks who enjoy "best of both worlds".
While for many people, PC and Mac do the same thing, boiling down to the detail and PC gets way more support from various manufacturers, all sorts of companies and whatnot while Mac is still, well, niche.
Fiddling around with architecture change like this is not advised unless doing it for fun, because any installer you might have saved (like the other guy suggested a while ago) will not work or won't work correctly on ARM Windows. Grab a mini-PC, restore the BootCamp into that PC, fix driver issues and you are good to go.
 
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robbietop said:
You will also have to purchase a new Windows License, as you will be installing a whole new Windows OS (Windows 11 only now for Parallels VM).
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HE may not need to purchase a new license key. If he's not using is older key any longer he can just use that when prompted to install windows within parallels.
Dr_Charles_Forbin said:
I’m starting to like the idea of it running on a Synology NAS.
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Depending on your network and disk speed - the latency may be significant. Just food for thought.
 
Shirasaki said:
I second the idea of getting a dedicated PC for PC things.
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Agreed, sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. The OP could get a MS Surface, which is small in size, so as not to take up room. There's also very small and inexpensive options (the Surface isn't inexpensive).
 
maflynn said:
HE may not need to purchase a new license key. If he's not using is older key any longer he can just use that when prompted to install windows within parallels.

Depending on your network and disk speed - the latency may be significant. Just food for thought.
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I thought the same thing. Complete change of hardware and Microsoft told me over the phone I was required to purchase a new license as I was moving from an Intel machine to a different architecture
 
robbietop said:
I thought the same thing. Complete change of hardware and Microsoft told me over the phone I was required to purchase a new license as I was moving from an Intel machine to a different architecture
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Only if the license key is an OEM one.

The OEM license is single use and is tied with the hardware.

If you have a retail license you can move this between accounts. Simply remove old account and when you sign in with your MS account it will authorise.
 
robbietop said:
I thought the same thing. Complete change of hardware and Microsoft told me over the phone I was required to purchase a new license as I was moving from an Intel machine to a different architecture
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Just plug in the license key and see what happens. As long as its not an OEM license key, he/she is free to reuse it on a new computer.
 
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I talked to my in-laws last night- they really only have one app they reference on Windows and they don’t want to lose that data (all genealogy stuff). I’m going to look at it over my week off at Christmas.
 
Dr_Charles_Forbin said:
I’ll be honest with you - I’m starting to like the idea of it running on a Synology NAS. That way it’s completely out of Apple’s and Parallel’s clutches.
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It would be cheaper just to have a Windows PC do it. Synology NAS's are SLOW in comparison. I have 2 of them at home but I don't run VM's on them. (and yes, I tried)
 
Isn't it wonderful how much Microsoft cares? I had the same issue when I went from VMware to Parallels. Now I'm thinking about going back to VMWare and kicking parallels to the curb... and doing it now rather than upgrading (I just upgraded to Monterey 12.6.2 and I got the warning that Parallels may not compatible in the future.
 
Dr_Charles_Forbin said:
Isn't it wonderful how much Microsoft cares? I had the same issue when I went from VMware to Parallels. Now I'm thinking about going back to VMWare and kicking parallels to the curb... and doing it now rather than upgrading (I just upgraded to Monterey 12.6.2 and I got the warning that Parallels may not compatible in the future.
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Have fun with VMWare
 
Honestly, I prefer VMWare. I went to parallels when VMWare went freeware and all the tech reviewers were saying how much better Parallels had gotten. I didn’t see any of it myself but I don’t use it very often. I also keep my machines isolated. I’ll do some research on my week off.
 
Dr_Charles_Forbin said:
Honestly, I prefer VMWare. I went to parallels when VMWare went freeware and all the tech reviewers were saying how much better Parallels had gotten. I didn’t see any of it myself but I don’t use it very often. I also keep my machines isolated. I’ll do some research on my week off.
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Again, have fun. VMWare is really only useful in a mass deployment environment. Also, for gaming, it is a complete joke. VMWare just cannot handle it. They also have an inconsistent update cycle, where they spent almost half a decade with nothing.
 
Agreed... but if you want gaming... you're not running a VM anyway. I don't know how the big server farms that do online gaming run it.
 
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