Exactly. I'll be installing Monterey on my 7 year old MBP when it's released.
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Windows 11 for Mac in the Works, Says Parallels Desktop
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That's because there's no retail version of Windows on ARM.
Not sure why you would bring up ARM, in any case.
Exactly this - you can still access device manager that looks exactly the same as it did in Windows 95. There's such a strange amount of legacy code in there.
There's also no design ethos in Windows in the same way there is for macOS with third party apps. Nothing will look like the the new menu bar and handful of new windows does in Windows 11 because they don't offer the tools to do that easily like Apple, so nothing looks natively and all that stuff that is just built with text usage and databases still looks like i'ts from Windows 3.11!!
You can buy a standalone Win10 license. What do you think people who build their own PC do ? This is a non issue.
If Win11 can be emulated on M1 Macs, I'll definitely get Parallels. I've been struggling with a lot of work-arounds since I got my M1. It'd be nice to have emulation again.
We're I in MS's shoes I'd be noticing the writing is on the wall for Intel. With the rising power and usage of ARM based mobile devices and Apple's switch to ARM for it's PCs I'd be targeting the ARM version of windows for boot camp on M1 Macs rather than supporting a market that will be dwindling.
Will this run windows on macs with an intel processor below gen 8 processors, I heard Microsoft is looking into bringing support for gen 7 processors, I saw a video that they technically support as far back as gen 6 processors.
Microsoft copies Apple. Mac OS X (10.x) is basically at version 10 for two decades. Microsoft says that Windows 10 is the last version. MacOS 11 comes out then a year later Microsoft comes out with Windows 11.
That is true. The irony is, that you can run the newest Windows 10 version on a 10 years old Mac, but you cannot run officially the newest version of macOS.
(yes, there are hacks, like the dosdudes patches, but officially, there is no support from Apple).
If it's anything like the transition to Windows 10 via Bootcamp, Yes. But not from a Clean Install in the Mac's BootCamp app. You'd need to run thru a Windows 10 install first in BootCamp and THEN upgrade to Windows 11. At least until probably macOS 12 is released with some "official" BootCamp support.
damn. i got excited when reading the title until i reached the comma
Uh huh... gaming on the PC is such a HORRIBLE experience:
1. Boot PC and wait maybe a minute as it starts up
2. Open steam
3. Launch game
4. Enjoy game
5. Laugh with friends
6. Sign off
Gaming on Mac:
1. Boot Mac and maybe wait a minute as it starts up
2. Open steam
3. Try to search for same game
4. Cry because game does not exist on mac
5. Lurk on MacRumors and diss PC because of "bad user experience"
6. Sign off
Depends on the license. I have a perfectly legal licensed copy that I bought years ago as a standalone OS and kept upgrading via MS. Not every copy of Windows is an OEM.
What did you expect? It's Windows...
Same hear. I only use it to check compatibility with the Office, MS Project and Visio.
I doubt that will happen, if ever, until MS releases an ARM version that can be bought as a standalone product.
MS no doubt doesn't want the headaches of maintaining compatibility with each OS release for what would be a low ROI product.
or "Windows no longer runs on ...." if Apple's release breaks something.
How do you know Parallels doesn't have an agreement with MS? They could have an OEM or development agreement with MS. Or are upgrading non-OEM licenses?
MS had, for years, had a subscription based service that gave developers licenses to all most all of their products, including OS's. getting legitimate access to an OS without buying a computer is not that unusual. If it was, DIY rigs would not be possible. Yes, I realize a lot of DIY's pirate licenses but some of us actually buy one; and since MS has pretty much kept upgrading Windows for free I am on the latest version with a non-OEM license.
Great. Now maybe someday they'll support Big Sur as a guest OS on an M1 machine. Currently, when you try to run Big Sur as a guest, it says "intel-based OSs are not supported on M1 hosts."
The popular software for virtualizing Windows on macOS, Parallels Desktop, has confirmed that support for the newly announced Windows 11 is in the works for Mac computers.
Last week, Microsoft unveiled Windows 11, the next major version of the Windows operating system. Obviously, Windows 11 won't be supported on Mac computers, but as is normal, some Mac users run virtualized desktops on their Mac with Windows.
As reported by iMore, Parallels has confirmed that it is waiting to dig into Windows 11, once all of its features, such as Teams integration and Android apps, are released and part of the Windows 11 Preview build before they starting working on Mac compatibility. As per the report:
No specifics were given, but Parallels did say that it "will surely do everything that's possible to make it happen." On Intel-based Mac computers, users can natively run Windows using Boot Camp, as well as through virtualization. However, running Windows natively through Boot Camp is no longer possible on all Apple silicon Macs, leaving virtualization to be the only option.
Article Link: Windows 11 for Mac in the Works, Says Parallels Desktop
Yea, screw Parallels for life for all of their past customer-hostile practices. I'm never giving those guys a penny ever again.
Could you please elaborate? I've been a paying Parallels customer since v5 (current is v16.5) and although the actual price can be debated, I've had nothing but good things come from being able to run Windows on my Macs.
