![]() Even if the hardware is fast, the poorly optimised software/emulation will weigh down on performance. That is why I feel that ARM chips on Windows will take a long time to become attractive even with Qualcomm doubling down on making a good SOC to compete with Intel on Windows. But when you start using Windows which is very fragmented, I feel you will lose a lot of performance due to inefficiency/ poor optimisation. The fast SOC aside, the other factor that makes the M1 based systems fast is because of the tight software integration with the hardware. ![]() Only time I struggle is when I use it for work running a virtualised Windows system on it and I can't get some of the usual Windows/ Microsoft Office shortcut keys to work on the Mac keyboard. And after giving the MacBook Air M1 a try, I rarely miss my tablet or Windows computer. I've not used a Mac for 15 years now since the last MacBook Pro I purchased. There is no point getting a Mac to run Windows primarily. I would love to see a full review down the road that caters to hardcore PC users.I feel if you go for a Mac, and I feel you should give it a try, running Windows should be secondary. This enables our users to enjoy the best Windows-on-Mac experience available."ĬerianK said:I have not used a Mac for 30 years, but this announcement, combined with the M1's power/performance, seems to remove a major obstacle that had driven me away from Macs. However, virtual machines are an exception and thus Parallels engineers implemented native virtualization support for the Mac with M1 chip. "Apple's M1 chip is a significant breakthrough for Mac users," said Nick Dobrovolskiy, Parallels Senior Vice President of Engineering and Support. "The transition has been smooth for most Mac applications, thanks to Rosetta technology. Apple M1's integrated GPU appears to be 60% faster than AMD's Radeon Pro 555X discrete graphics processor in DirectX 11 applications when running Windows using the Parallels Desktop 16.5.An Apple M1 machine running Parallels Desktop 16.5 and Windows 10 Arm performs 30% better in Geekbench 5 than a MacBookPro with Intel Core i9-8950HK in the same conditions.An M1-based Mac running Parallels Desktop 16.5 and Windows 10 Arm consumes 2.5 times less energy than a 2020 Intel-based MacBook Air.There are some interesting findings about performance of Apple M1 and Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac: You can find more details on Arminder Singh's blog post here.Right now, Parallels Desktop for Mac 16.5 is good enough to launch it commercially, according to the company. I’ll need time to make sure everything works properly so there’s no ETA on anything thus far. But I’m going to try my absolute hardest. I’ll do my best to ensure it goes to completion but ultimately, there is zero guarantee that I will be able to get Windows working in a great way by the end of it all. This project is not guaranteed to be successful. ![]() With such roadblocks, Singh has reiterated that the project may not succeed though he is working actively to bypass these obstacles. Up to 30 performance improvement of the virtual machine (Windows): When running a Windows 10 ARM Insider Preview virtual machine in Parallels Desktop 16.5 on a Mac with an M1 chip, the performance improvement is up to 30 compared to a virtual machine Windows 10 machine running on a MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i9 processor. The second problem is related to M1's Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) which only supports 16K pages and not 8K. Singh has explained that the major issue is related to Apple's proprietary interrupt controller dubbed Apple Interrupt Controller (AIC). However, as mentioned above, there are specific challenges Apple hardware presents. This is not going to be a trivial project to finish, there’s a lot of Apple specific oddities I must account for and things I need to do to ensure the M1 is able to boot Windows in a stable way.įor those wondering what the Asahi Linux project is, it's a similar project which aims to run Linux on Apple Silicon. Thankfully a lot of work has already been done in this area for Linux through the Asahi Linux project In his blog post he says:Ĭontrary to how it may appear on the surface, Apple’s chips are architecturally very different from standard ARM64 chips from companies like Qualcomm or MediaTek and a lot of hardware enablement needs to be done as a result. But these are very early days, and Singh has thrown caution to the wind stating that there are several challenges one must overcome. Last year, Microsoft had clarified that it was unlikely to ever support Windows 11 on Mac or M1 which means unofficial support is what enthusiasts are looking forward to.Īnd in light of that, it may soon be possible to run Microsoft's Windows 11 natively on Apple M1 and other Apple Silicon hardware according to a developer Arminder Singh, who is working on a project to make that possible. ![]() If you are aware of other ways to do it, let us know in the comments. If you wanted to run Windows 11 on Apple hardware, there are mainly two ways do so, either running it via Parallels, or using a Windows 10 hack method to run it natively.
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