Technology preview for VMware Fusion adds support for 3D acceleration on Apple Silicon Macs and other improvements
VMware Fusion Blog: VMware Fusion Tech Preview 2023
Reference: VMware Fusion adding 3D acceleration for Windows 11 on Apple Silicon Macs
Microsoft announces support for running Windows on Apple Silicon Macs with Parallels software.
Some limitations still apply – Microsoft does not support running Windows Subsystem for Android, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Sandbox and Virtualization-based Security when Windows 11 is running in virtualized environment.
Microsoft Support: Options for using Windows 11 with Mac® computers with Apple® M1® and M2™ chips
Alludo: Parallels Desktop Now an Authorized Solution to Use With Windows 11 on Mac With Apple Silicon
Reference: Microsoft announces full support for virtualization of Windows on ARM through Parallels Desktop 18
Developer Martijn de Vos was able to run first iPhoneOS version in QEMU virtualization software. This was possible since first iPhoneOS software did not have too much of security protections which were added later.
Some actions could lead to OS crash, however, most of apps and system components are working correctly.
Reference: Developer successfully emulates first version of iPhone OS on a computer with QEMU
VirtualBox 7.0 brings support for Apple Silicon Macs. VirtualBox is an open-source virtualization software available for various platforms. Now it could be used on Macs with Apple Silicon.
Download: Download VirtualBox
Release notes: VirtualBox 7.0.0 (released 2022-10-10)
Reference: Oracle VirtualBox brings Apple Silicon Mac support in version 7.0 beta
Parallels announced support for macOS Monterey and Windows 11 in new update. If your development depends on these OSes, you can now use Parallels Desktop 17.1. It also supports Apple Silicon for macOS virtualization.
Microsoft made a comment on the future of ARM Windows on Apple Silicon Macs both on running natively and virtualized.
We asked Microsoft whether running Windows 11 on an M1 Mac in Parallels is supported, and were told it's an unsupported scenario. Running the OS directly on the hardware isn't supported, either.
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Parallels though still provides hints on how to run Windows on M1 Macs.
VMware starts testing VMware Fusion for M1 Macs according to tweet:
