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VMWare Fusion is free, even if it is a pain in the butt to download. It also has GPU paravirtualization for Linux/Windows which is the only reason I use a propr

VMWare Fusion is free, even if it is a pain in the butt to download. It also has GPU paravirtualization for Linux/Windows which is the only reason I use a proprietary VMM on macOS these days.

spullara 7mo ago
You can also use UTM to run Windows for free and it is open source. https://mac.getutm.app https://mac.getutm.app
- LoganDark 7mo ago
  Last I checked UTM doesn't have GPU acceleration. Parallels' proprietary GPU driver is the only reason to pay for it.
  - spullara 7mo ago
    fair
    - spullara 7mo ago
      I have Intent working on it. Maybe AI can make progress on this, but we will see.
      - LoganDark 7mo ago
        Intent looks interesting but the fact that they have their own credits system turns me off of it. I pay $200/mo for Claude Code and that's enough for me; I wish I could use Intent with that.
        spullara 7mo ago
        Have you actually tried it? In addition to Augment, you can use it Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and more are coming.
- littlecranky67 7mo ago
  Because I was fed up with parallels subscription model and they make me pay for the upgrade the non-subscription version with every new macOS release, I dropped parallels for UTM. I barely need windows, only every other month or so and often just for some small tasks. UTM is nice, but performance running windows is waaay below parallels. It is free, however, so I won't complain.
  - commandersaki 7mo ago
    The performance story doesn't really make sense as both UTM and Parallels use Apple Hypervisor Kit which pretty much is the hypervisor running Windows. It should be identical.
    - littlecranky67 7mo ago
      Classic VM solutions like Virtualbox, VMware, Parallels etc. always come with guest tools and driver packages for the guest that have a massive impact on performance. Just because both solutions use the same hypervisor doesn’t mean they perform equally.
fragmede 7mo ago
http://tart.run http://tart.run works great for running macOS (and Linux) VMs on macOS if you're technical. It's free for non-commercial uses too! (Don't think there's GPU acceleration tho).
conradev 7mo ago
I take this back: UTM has Venus in there with KosmicKrisp – the works, as of January. Long live QEMU.

VMWare Fusion is free, even if it is a pain in the butt to download. It also has GPU paravirtualization for Linux/Windows which is the only reason I use a proprietary VMM on macOS these days.

spullara 7mo ago

You can also use UTM to run Windows for free and it is open source. https://mac.getutm.app https://mac.getutm.app

LoganDark 7mo ago
Last I checked UTM doesn't have GPU acceleration. Parallels' proprietary GPU driver is the only reason to pay for it.
- spullara 7mo ago
  fair
  - spullara 7mo ago
    I have Intent working on it. Maybe AI can make progress on this, but we will see.
    - LoganDark 7mo ago
      Intent looks interesting but the fact that they have their own credits system turns me off of it. I pay $200/mo for Claude Code and that's enough for me; I wish I could use Intent with that.
      - spullara 7mo ago
        Have you actually tried it? In addition to Augment, you can use it Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and more are coming.
littlecranky67 7mo ago
Because I was fed up with parallels subscription model and they make me pay for the upgrade the non-subscription version with every new macOS release, I dropped parallels for UTM. I barely need windows, only every other month or so and often just for some small tasks. UTM is nice, but performance running windows is waaay below parallels. It is free, however, so I won't complain.
- commandersaki 7mo ago
  The performance story doesn't really make sense as both UTM and Parallels use Apple Hypervisor Kit which pretty much is the hypervisor running Windows. It should be identical.
  - littlecranky67 7mo ago
    Classic VM solutions like Virtualbox, VMware, Parallels etc. always come with guest tools and driver packages for the guest that have a massive impact on performance. Just because both solutions use the same hypervisor doesn’t mean they perform equally.

fragmede 7mo ago

http://tart.run http://tart.run works great for running macOS (and Linux) VMs on macOS if you're technical. It's free for non-commercial uses too! (Don't think there's GPU acceleration tho).

conradev 7mo ago

I take this back: UTM has Venus in there with KosmicKrisp – the works, as of January. Long live QEMU.