Microsoft to Support Windows 11 on Apple M1 and M2 Macs Through Parallels

Re:Microsoft to Support Windows 11 on Apple M1 and M2 Macs T... by crazygringo on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:15PM (#34826319)

Genuinely wonder what took this long. Was it a new decision around legal/strategy, just a low priority, or something technical that wasn't built by Parallels/Microsoft till now?

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Re:Microsoft to Support Windows 11 on Apple M1 and M2 Macs T... by johnmaguire on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:16PM (#34826348)

I am confused because I have been using Windows 11 through Parallels for probably 6 months. Parallels automatically downloaded the ISO for me and everything.

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Re:Microsoft to Support Windows 11 on Apple M1 and M2 Macs T... by zamadatix on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:48PM (#34827695)

You were technically breaking the Windows 11 EULA and not officially supported while doing that but nobody really cared.

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Re:Microsoft to Support Windows 11 on Apple M1 and M2 Macs T... by lwkl on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:32PM (#34826634)

The rumor is that it's because Microsoft has an exclusivity deal with Qualcomm [1].

[1]: https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-exclusivity-deal-mic...

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Re:Microsoft to Support Windows 11 on Apple M1 and M2 Macs T... by cat_plus_plus on Friday February 17, 2023 @12:20AM (#34831091)

Microsoft now has to offer support for a niche use case and with host OS and virtualization app no under their control. Probably costs serious money and took a big customer interested in mass deploying the VM to commit to that.

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