This is the iffiest statement of the launch. I just don't see this restriction holding up for long.
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Windows 11 for Mac in the Works, Says Parallels Desktop
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I already cloned a Windows 10 Parallels VM and tested Windows 11 on it, it works surprisingly well (though I didn't try anything heavy).
In before someone says that's an unnecessary amount of RAM for most people.
I just upgraded my desktop to 128 GB DDR4 3600 and I love it. I never realized how much performance was being lost to multitasking until the slowdowns stopped. And I don't even run VM, so I can't imagine how your use case would suffer cutting your ram.
Sure.
I was just saying Microsoft should make an "app" called "Windows 11 Virtual" and it would easily run on a Mac.
Instead... people have to install Parallels and then acquire a copy on Windows from somewhere to install in it and hope that it all works.
Seems like it would be simpler if Microsoft would just make it themselves.
On install, the EULA says it can only be installed on equipment it originally was sold with.
That means that installing it, violates the EULA. That means that when parallels themselves installed it to develop support they violated the EULA. They are also encouraging users to violate it.
This is the sole reason that Fusion doesn't have support yet. VMWare respects license agreements. Parallels doesn't. I don't want to support a company that violates IP rights.
And it's too bad, because Macs are usually built to last! I've got a 20-year-old PowerMac G4 QuickSilver that still boots up and works pretty well, along with a 16-year-old PowerBook G4 and 15-year-old white iMac Core Duo that are still fully operational (though the PowerBook does need a new battery, but that's besides the point.)
Back on the topic, I may wait until later in the fall to upgrade my Dell Optiplex 9010 mini-tower to Windows 11, provided they still have the free upgrade deal at the time. Even if the user interface does seem to take some inspiration from both MacOS and ChromeOS, it looks like it may still perform pretty well (and I like how they brought back rounded corners to the windows, like Windows XP to 7 had.)
I am 100% on board with the idea. I can't tell you how many Windows 3.11 applications I have had to wrap in wine so someone could use a $3000 MacBook out in the field. When something inevitably fails they scoff at me. It's like 'dude, you want this legacy dairy management software to run flawlessly than go by a ThinkPad.Sure.
I was just saying Microsoft should make an "app" called "Windows 11 Virtual" and it would run on a Mac.
Instead... people have to install Parallels and then acquire a copy on Windows from somewhere to install in it and hope that it all works.
Seems like it would be simpler if Microsoft would just make it themselves.
That'd be fine by me, but they tend not to pay attention to the Mac unless it's just the advertising group.
Yeah, it's just the one's that install it that are breaking the EULA. Though I wonder if there could be a civil action for enabling it.
In other news, the windshield replacement shop down the street is working on getting access to replacement windshields for some new car.
Name a single case in the last 10 years when a Mac computer could not run the latest osX/MacOS version 5-6 years after release.
Windows 11 can't even run on some of the Surface products for sale today...
who says they installed it themselves? Who says they don’t have a separate agreement with Microsoft?
Making legal judgments absent all the information is pretty risky.
AFAIK, the only 2013 Mac it will run on is the Mac Pro.
The best (IMO) example of this was when Apple killed off Aperture. Aperture was my go-to photo app. It was reasonably priced and had just the right features for a lot of users.
Yeah right. There is plenty of brand new hardware that Windows ships on, and it definitely does not work.
I already have it running on both my Intel Mac Pro and M1 Mini. I did a clean install in my Mac Pro's Parallels. For the M1 I duplicated my Win 10 insider VM, then ran the update within Windows' Settings. I had tor edit a registry file to bypass the missing TPM alert. Works great.
That’s true on MacOS too though, the only thing stopping my 2010 MP 5,1 from running the latest release of Big Sur is a change they made in a recent point release that creates a race condition in boot, so up until a month or so ago you could run the latest release with relatively minimal effort (and I’m confident the open core folks will probably figure out the current problem eventually)
Microsoft would probably find itself defending against charges of anti-competitive behaviour before they'd even got the product to market. Too much hurt - let someone else do the VM development/support, still benefit from all the additional Windows license fees.
