Boot Camp, Apple’s official tool for running Windows on Mac computers, became unusable after Apple Silicon processors. However, there are virtualization software for ARM-supported Macs, and finally, Microsoft made a statement to officially run the Windows 11 operating system on Apple computers with the M3 processor family.
According to a support document published by Microsoft, Mac users have two options if they want to run Windows when they haven’t purchased a computer designed for Windows 11: Windows 365 or Parallels Desktop.
Microsoft says Parallels Desktop versions 18 and 19 are officially authorized to run Windows 11 and Windows 11 Enterprise for ARM on Macs powered by the Apple M1, M2 and M3 processor families. The operating system can run inside a virtual machine and gives the customer access to most features, including multimedia technologies, hardware acceleration, DirectX 12 and more.
At the same time, some features are not available in Parallels Desktop, mostly due to missing nested virtualization support. Therefore, you cannot use Windows Subsystem for Android, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Sandbox, and Virtualization Based Security also known as VBS. If you need one of these features, you’ll need to purchase a separate device designed to run Windows 365 or Windows 11 natively. Finally, Parallels Desktop for Mac cannot run 32-bit Windows applications built for ARM.
Let us note that the price of Parallels Desktop 19 for Mac is 99.99 euros per year for the standard version or 119.99 euros for Pro.
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