It would be good leverage to have OS that runs on all platforms like the office suite app shows, but it might also hurt surface share, since Apple chips are and will be ahead…if it doesn’t happen soon it won’t matter anymore, as Windows depending apps meanwhile will be “forced” to be adapted to AS.
If you want Windows 10 ARM you have to build an ISO yourself using UUP dump, this will be compatible with Parallels or any other VM software. See this tutorial:
Windows 11 runs on Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. That’s 1 more chip than MacOS runs on. Let’s not forget that Win11 can run “unsupported and unlicensed” virtualised on AS too. It will also run on non-AS macs too.
Having tried Parallels and two significant apps (Corel Draw and Bernina), both worked just fine. A touch slow at launching but perfectly usable. On a bottom-spec Mac mini M1.
Is there anything in the universe that isn't better than W8?
In this case, the sheer performance of the M1 Pro/Max platforms together with decent battery life and cool running is a huge attraction. It isn't caring whether it is x86 or ARM but the implications of that.
So I have a question---how is gaming on M1 and Parallels? Doable? Better than Intel? Worth exploring?
Microsoft has declined to make a version of Windows 11 available for Apple's M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max Macs that are built on an Arm architecture, and now we may know the reason - a secret exclusivity deal with Qualcomm.
According to XDA-Developers, Arm-based Windows has only been made available on devices with Qualcomm SoC's because of a previously unknown deal between the two companies.
Two people familiar with the deal told XDA that the deal is "set to expire soon" but there is no specific word on when it will end. When the agreement between Microsoft and Qualcomm does conclude, it will allow other chip vendors to create machines using Arm Windows, and it may perhaps free up Microsoft to make Arm Windows available on Apple silicon Macs.
Apple silicon Macs do not offer Boot Camp and there is no official Windows support at the current time, leaving M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max owners with few options for accessing Windows on their devices. In September, Microsoft said that an Arm version of Windows 11 for Apple silicon Macs through virtualization or otherwise is not "a supported scenario," so there's a chance that it still won't happen.
Apple silicon Mac owners who need Windows access can use Parallels 16.5 or later to run Insider Preview builds of Windows 10 and 11 that have been created for Arm hardware, but there are often issues to deal with. Parallels continues to be the only solution because Microsoft has made no licensed retail version of Arm Windows available for Apple silicon Macs.
Article Link: There's No Windows for Arm Macs Yet Because Microsoft Has Secret Exclusivity Deal With Qualcomm
Running this ad described on my 14” MacBook Pro, it actually works quite well.
There are many youtube videos showing various games running through Parallels on M1 macs. many games are playable.
“Parallels Desktop for Mac
I doubt it. Solidworks, Catia, & Inventor are giant hulking beasts that can barely run in VM’s even on their native intel chipsets. Sifting that performance through another later of emulation is pretty rough. The unavoidable reality of switching to a new chip architecture is that it ultimately requires throwing out all the software that’s ever been written for anything else and writing new specifically for it. And a lot of those enormous programs that took 40 years to develop the first time around aren’t going to be rewritten overnight, or at all, just because Apple made a slightly faster chip out of ARM. When you’re paying 20,000 - 50,000 dollars per license of your design software, and installing it on a few thousand dollars worth of hardware, the value is in the software, & we go where the software goes, not the hardware.
I have (unfortunately) a Surface 7 Pro. Battery life is appalling. Only an i5.
You’ll need to contact the company for details regarding the one time purchase info that’s listed on its website.
