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Windows 11 on M1 Macbook Pro

James Murray

James Murray

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I just got an M1 macbook pro and I wanted to install windows on it for gaming. I know that the new macs no longer supports bootcamp but it does support parallels. But I tried parallels and found it too limiting. A lot of the games I wanted to play didn't work on it and the xbox app didn't open at all. So while looking for alternatives I stumbled upon this video for dual booting into windows using bootcamp:


However after creating a windows boot disk on my external nvme drive I didn't get the option to boot into it. I held down the power button to get the boot options but my only choice was the internal mac drive. Is this video designed only for intel based macs? Is it at all possible to dual boot into windows or is vm my only option?
 
James Murray said:
I just got an M1 macbook pro and I wanted to install windows on it for gaming. I know that the new macs no longer supports bootcamp but it does support parallels. But I tried parallels and found it too limiting. A lot of the games I wanted to play didn't work on it and the xbox app didn't open at all. So while looking for alternatives I stumbled upon this video for dual booting into windows using bootcamp:


However after creating a windows boot disk on my external nvme drive I didn't get the option to boot into it. I held down the power button to get the boot options but my only choice was the internal mac drive. Is this video designed only for intel based macs? Is it at all possible to dual boot into windows or is vm my only option?
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There’s no way to use Bootcamp on an Apple Silicon Mac- this video is only relevant to Intel Macs.
 
For Apple silicon Mac, you only have two options:
1. Emulate x86 windows 11. Performance will be horrible.
2. Install ARM windows 11. Full of bugs and have virtually No ARM native application support. Plus most applications have to be used in emulation mode.
Either Way, the experience will be very bad.
Main reason why I keep a separate windows computer for windows stuff, including gaming.
 
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Shirasaki said:
2. Install ARM windows 11. Full of bugs and have virtually No ARM native application support. Plus most applications have to be used in emulation mode.
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WoARM actually works pretty good for me on Parallels, although I do not game on it, I have a dedicated PC for that. WoARM is getting pretty good with compatibility.
 
ifrit05 said:
WoARM actually works pretty good for me on Parallels, although I do not game on it, I have a dedicated PC for that. WoARM is getting pretty good with compatibility.
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How much better? Are those apps Running in emulation mode?
 
WoA has gotten much better the past few years. It was super janky in the first iteration (Windows 10, 2018 or so), but a lot has changed in the 5 years since. Native speed is better, stability is better, emulation has gotten somewhat faster, but also much more reliable.
 
I've used Parallels with Windows 11 to play Minecraft Bedrock Edition - alright stop laughing at the back!!!

It ran well enough. Slight delay due to it being emulated, and ran in a virtual machine but other than that it was playable. Can't imagine the same lag would be stomachable on a proper more involved / graphically sophisticated game though
 
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