Apple Silicon Macs can, however, run operating systems written for Arm processors inside of virtual machines, including other versions of macOS and Arm-compatible versions of Linux. Most notably, this has meant that there is currently no legal way to run Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac. Not as tightly integrated with MacOS as Parallels.įor the price of $10 or free it's a viable alternative.An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of the few things that Intel Macs can do that Apple Silicon Macs can't is run operating systems written for Intel or AMD processors inside of virtual machines. You have to shutdown and restart Windows each time, no sleep mode for fast restart. Remote desktop display has a bit of lag at times. High res doesn't fill the screen unless you enable remote access and go in via MS Remote desktop, then you get a full screen display.

Parallels ARM Apple Silicon 1000 MHz (2 cores) 1355 2176 Parallels ARM Apple Silicon 1000 MHz (6 cores) 1489 5448

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Turns out you need to convert the vhdx file before installing or else you risk it getting corrupted and not restarting after initial setup. TL DR: UTM is a good alternative to Parallels for the casual user or one who wants to only run one or two programs with Windows and don't need all the polish, and price, of Parallels.

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