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> It seems M Series won't get native support in parallels for Windows 10 or Windows Server 2022. This seems to be a hole left from Apple’s move away from Intel
by minton 3y ago
> It seems M Series won't get native support in parallels for Windows 10 or Windows Server 2022.
This seems to be a hole left from Apple’s move away from Intel. I’m part of the niche group of people running Windows on Mac (via VMWare Fusion & Parallels). We’ve been buying Macs for 10 years now and suddenly we don’t have a path forward with new Apple hardware.
We’re currently deciding between changing our development stack to not require Windows or to just move away from Apple.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoFwiw they just mean Parallels is apparently not adding native support for older Windows. Parallels does have native support for Windows 11 on M-series chips. Some games like Crusader Kings 3 are even faster in Windows 11 on Parallels than on native macOS.
- esseeayen 3y agoWait, so what are we talking about here? Support for older windows through the Rosetta translation layer through parallels? Or is this talking about only older windows (I.e. windows 10) through the arm-specific windows versions?
- lockhouse 3y agoARM64 Windows with Windows own built in x86/x64 compatibility layer. It actually runs very well, even on my base model M1 Mac Mini.
- bouke 3y agoWindows 11 ARM can be run on M1 through parallels. Windows 11 ARM can run x64/x86 (either?) software. So there’s a path. Performance of the translation layer is not great though.
- minton 3y agoOur root issue is Microsoft SQL Server refusing to install on Windows 11 ARM. If it did, we'd happily move to Windows 11.