It’s official. You can finally run Windows 11 on an Apple Silicon Mac, but nothing has changed.
Today, Microsoft is publishing documentation on running Windows 11 on an Apple Silicon Mac, such as those using custom M1 or M2 chips. That’s it; That’s the story.
The ways to do this haven’t actually changed. Using Parallels Desktop is probably the way to go for most people, and Microsoft is now calling it the Certified Solution. Parallels runs using virtualization, so you still don’t run on bare metal like you do with Boot Camp on Intel-based Macs. This doesn’t change either, because adding Boot Camp requires Apple’s cooperation.
The other option is Windows 365, also known as Cloud PCs. This is what it looks like, basically with a remote desktop hosted in the cloud. Obviously, this is subscription-based and aimed at businesses. On the other hand, Parallels is still aimed at businesses but is more practical for the everyday user.
The real story here is simply Microsoft documenting how to run Windows 11 on an Apple Silicon Mac. So far, the Redmond company hasn’t really talked about running Windows on Arm on anything that doesn’t have a Snapdragon processor. Even when it provided VHDX files for virtual machines, the team indicated that they were for VMs that were already running Qualcomm hardware. Running Windows 11 on Apple Silicon was not officially supported, despite the fact that Parallels was doing it from the start.
As we reported exclusively in late 2021, Microsoft had an exclusivity deal with Qualcomm, which is why Windows on Arm PCs only have Snapdragon processors. While I knew the deal existed and he existed He was It expires, I didn’t know when It will expire. Hopefully, Microsoft’s publication of these documents is an indication that they are finally starting to open up the platform. That means, at the very least, opening the door for Apple to reintroduce Boot Camp if it so chooses, and letting MediaTek make Windows chips, something the company said it plans to do as soon as possible.
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