Microsoft Windows support through boot camp Intel-powered . For Macs was an important feature. Most of the people preferred to install windows over virtualization Mac And run both operating systems side by side.
It looks like Microsoft is planning to take another route with its ARM version of Windows 11 and the new M1-powered Macs.
A Microsoft spokesperson told The. told register Windows 11 support for M1-based machines is ‘not a supported scenario’ on Friday. This means that Windows 11 will not support ARM virtualization or natively on the M1 Mac.
Windows 10 ARM itself was not supported on M1 Macs and Microsoft will not continue to support new Macs with Windows 11.
It is also worth noting that the statement does not mean that Windows 11 M1 will not run on Mac. Users may still be able to install Windows 11 through third-party virtualization software such as SimilaritiesOf course, it’s just that Microsoft won’t officially support it.
Not that people haven’t tried running Windows on an M1-powered Mac. Soon after Apple introduced the M1 Mac, a developer installed Windows ARM via virtualization without emulation.
The Register also reported that Parallels 17 started showing hardware compatibility errors on Insider builds of Windows which were later resolved through an update. However, that all seems to soon come to an end when Microsoft decides to completely pull the plug for Windows 11 ARM support for M1 Macs.
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