Windows comes to Apple M1 silicon as Parallels delivers native desktop hypervisor
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The easy option is a new version of Parallels desktop, the company’s desktop hypervisor for macOS. Version 16.5. released Wednesday, is now offered in a native version for Apple’s own M1 silicon.
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Parallels [2]says the new offering is for Windows 10 ARM Insider Preview and “the most popular ARM-based Linux distributions.” The company doesn’t offer a list of supported Arm distros but mentions Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Debian, and Mint Linux as options for version 16, plus Android VMs.
Parallels claims users will experience up to 30 percent better virtual machine performance when running a Windows 10 on ARM Insider Preview VM, compared to running an x86 Windows 10 VM on an Intel-based MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9 processor.
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Coherence mode is also supported, meaning Windows apps behave as if they were native macOS apps instead of requiring users to duck in and out of a VM.
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The Register ’s virtualisation desk has also been shown evidence of Windows running under VMware’s experimental ESXI-on-Arm hypervisor.
And yes, Windows works now. [5]#esxionarm [6]https://t.co/sfFL5aYbD1 [7]pic.twitter.com/KKT6pUsZRZ — driver1998 (@driver1998) [8]April 14, 2021
ESXi on Arm is currently an unsupported tech preview, so perhaps not the best option if you really need to run Windows on Arm.
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Nor is the [10]native hypervisor Apple includes in macOS Big Sur, which looks to do the basics well enough but Apple hasn’t tied it up in a bow or made it an obvious option in the operating system’s GUI. Parallels could therefore be the best game in town for M1-using developers who need a Windows desktop. VMware has hinted at M1 native versions of its Fusion desktop hypervisor, so another option may be imminent. Oracle has not said if its VirtualBox desktop hypervisor will target the M1, but a port is considered very unlikely due to [11]technical issues . ®
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Re: Grumble.. grumble..
I rather suspect you’ll be keeping that money for quite a while...
Re: Grumble.. grumble..
QEMU possibly?
That would certainly be my first port of call if I was looking for that.
Re: Grumble.. grumble..
Me too :-(
Though it's getting on a bit, I do like my Mac, and I do almost no development directly on my laptop these days - it's all RDP to clients' systems. Unfortunately many of them insist on Windows-only remote access solutions - a couple are even IE only! - so I end up booted into Windows too much of the time to risk an M1 mac at the moment. Guess I need to find a way to test the ARM version of Windows with the VPN clients, then this might be an option.
Oracle has not said if its VirtualBox desktop hypervisor will target the M1, but a port is considered very unlikely due to technical issues
I read that thread. I don't think it's "technical issues" I think it's people getting confused what hypervisors do & do not do and hence what they can expect.
I understand VirtualBox is heavily tied to Intel and is very unlikely to be ported. So probably a good idea not to hold your breath....
More software!
Brilliant - Windows on ARM has loads more software than macOS!
Grumble.. grumble..
.. he who provides x86 emulation in m1 gets what little money I have.