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Parallels 16 for M1 Macs Now Available Through Technical Preview Program
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Try turning off time sync. VM Config > Options > More Options > Time: Do not sync
There's a known issue with the Parallels tools on the Windows ARM preview - if the time zone on your Mac has a negative offset (i.e. everyone west of GMT), it will appear to lock up and you can't really do anything with it. If you shut down the VM and disable time sync, then it works well.
Try turning off time sync (see my reply above). That will fix the problem - it's a known issue (I've been watching the Parallels forums)
I currently have these successfully installed and running:
Ubuntu Server
Debian
OpenSUSE
Fedora
Alpine
Of these, Debian, OpenSUSE, and Fedora are successfully presenting a GUI, and the performance is really quite acceptable so far - especially for a pre-release.
I had really hoped that somehow, perhaps via rosetta 2, it could run an x86 operating system. I need to run a couple of x86 linux vms to run testing environments for software that won't be available for arm in the next 2 years if at all. I guess my vm is going to have to be a cloud pc or a pc under the desk or some such.
depends. I run forms of 64-bit Ubuntu on ARM. Raspian is the default for RPi but is 32-bit. I tend to go for some Debian or Ubuntu flavor (Mate, or XFCE.)
Thank you! That fixed my issue. Before I found you post, I had to re-install Parallels Tools after every time I powered up the Windows ARM VM, and then cancel out of the reboot. Now that I followed your directions, I can work with Windows for ARM as usual.
I see it as an icon called "Mac Files" on the desktop. From Explorer, I see it as a network location called "Home on 'Mac' (Z
". It's working normally as far as I can tell.Hey, i've just downloaded the latest Parallels release and am trying to install a virtualize Linux. Fedora only comes in a .raw format which Parallels doesnt' seem to like, and Ubuntu only has server ISO in ARM. Is there a normal build out there for linux in a format Parallels likes?
It took some initial workarounds (disabling Time Sync, temporarily deleting Parallels Tools), but right now I have the current Dev Build running Quicken 2020 and will install Office 365 later. With 4 cores, GeekBench is reporting 1500/5000.
Can’t run x86? I think Parallels are going to struggle here.
Can run Windows on Arm which can emulate X86 32 Bit and is already able to do 64bit also although still in beta. Depending on how good that works this is not bad at all.
The Developer Transition Kit's CPU didn't support hardware virtualization, which the M1 does, so they couldn't even get started working on x86/64 virtualization till barely a month ago. Not being able to magically have software ready for brand new hardware at release doesn't mean they won't ever. I'm sure someone's going to figure out x86/64 virtualization on Apple Silicon(and be able to directly run x64 Windows VMs, not emulated ones on virtualized ARM Windows), Rosetta proves that the capability's there. Development for more complicated stuff's going to take time.
That point is right now. There are Twitter people sharing screenshots of ARM Windows in Parallels.
Note that ARM devices can present different page sizes, 4kB, 16kB, 64kB.
Apple supports 16kB (and for now, though you'd be foolhardy to assume this persists more than two years or so, because it's there to support x86 emulation, 4kB).
This means that some of standard Linux ARM installs (as currently configured, presumably this will change over the next few months) that assume they can work with 64kB pages will fail. That seems to be the main issue preventing some from working right now.
ah ...parallels
was going to make the dive way back in win xp
never did
yet good to hear they are still in the game
was going to make the dive way back in win xp
never did
yet good to hear they are still in the game
I think Parallels (actually new owner Corel) is expecting Microsoft to eventually release a version of Windows on ARM for retail download.
And for such a huge price increase to consumers and reduced/stable price for corporate makes no sense.
"It is not possible to install or start an Intel x86 based operating system in a virtual machine."
^ we know this works but not within an x64Windows that running in a VM.
I have no idea tbh, it's not something I've ever needed. It's been a while since I've needed Linux at all, but used to run Linux and Windows VMs for dev work years ago. It worked great with VMWare, but needed a lot of RAM (I was also running Visual Studio and Sql Server on the Windows VM). I was running 16GB in 2012 on my MBP. I tried 8GB, but it bogged. The 2012 (pre-Retina) MBP came with 8GB as the maximum amount, but I bought mine w minimum 4GB, and self upgraded to 8GB (yep, it was cheaper, plus I got the 4GB pair out of it to put in my dad's laptop), but even that wasn't enough, so had to import 16GB from OWC from the US, which luckily solved the problem. Put the 8GB in my mate's MBP who was running VMWare too, and it solved his problem too, he was stoked, as he had no idea that was the problem or how to fix it. Hmm, what a ramble, ha ha, sorry I couldn't answer your question though.
I've installed the Parallels Professional for M1 Preview, downloaded and installed the Windows Insider Preview for ARM, activated the RS_Release branch in Windows for ARM, updated to that release and tried to run LibreOffice for Windows (both X86 [32-bit] version and X86-64 [64-bit version]).
Windows for ARM runs blazingly fast under Parallels. LibreOffice runs better in Windows emulation for the X86 applications and X86-64 applications than it runs natively in Windows 10 on the Intel architecture.
I'm blown away by how great Windows feels under Parallels; it flies. I've never had such a great Windows experience on any Intel-based computer. I've also not used Parallels for about 5 years now, instead using VMware Fusion. I can tell you right now that Parallels blows away Fusion, but, of course, VMware knows it, as they have made Fusion free at this point. Whether or not Fusion will ever work on the Apple Silicon architecture - who knows?
The Windows for ARM running under Parallels is a totally workable solution. However, I did find an application (32-bit Java-based one) that runs in Windows 10, but refuses to install under Windows for ARM, complaining about the CPU version. It says that it needs at least Pentium II, so for whatever reason the Windows emulation of the X86 architecture doesn't work for this particular application, which is a shame, as this application is one of the tools I need to use for work.
Interesting. I thought that Windows on ARM presents ARM as a really fast Pentium II/III. That said, I did notice that Quicken 2020 (also a 32-bit x86 app) works in the current beta build, but not the developer build that adds support for x86_64 apps), so perhaps it's a similar bug that will be resolved.
Thank you for that tip, it worked! Got any tips for why Internet is no longer working even though its connected to the Internet?