![]() But you can still download a VHDX file by signing-up with Windows Insider Programĭownload the VHDX file on your Mac. You first need to sign-up for Windows Insider Program and then you can download the Windows 10 on ARM VHDX file. ( and it's free, well till the time it remains in beta!) Get Windows 10 on ARM VHDX The Parallels team is actively working on a version specific for Apple's new ARM-based SoCs and they have made it available via their Technical Preview Program. Setting up Windows 10 on ARM on an M1 Mac using Parallels Desktop Note that the current GA version of the software, the Parallels Desktop version 16 is meant for the 圆4 Intel variants and not for Macs running Apple's ARM-based M1 SoC. However, I have used Parallels Desktop instead which is a very popular but premium software that allows hardware virtualization on Mac devices. You can find the steps to run Windows 10 on ARM as a VM on an M1 Mac using QEMU here. Alexander Graf, the first person who adapted QEMU, a popular open-source machine emulator and virtualizer, to run Windows 10 on ARM on Apple Silicon This brings me to mention Alexander Graf, the first person who adapted QEMU, a popular open-source machine emulator and hardware virtualizer, to run Windows 10 on ARM on Apple Silicon (ARM-based M1 SoC). Leaving Boot Camp out of consideration, the only other option left is to use a supported virtualizer. However, It would be definitely interesting to see how Apple brings back Boot Camp support for their ARM-powered Macs, if and when Microsoft decides to start licensing Windows 10 on ARM for general availability.Īs such, if you were thinking that you would be able to dual boot an M1 Mac device with the ARM version of Windows 10, it’s not something that’s going to happen anytime soon. This is because the M1 SoC being based on ARM architecture, unless Boot Camp could somehow translate the 圆4 instructions to ARM instructions on the runtime (Rosetta 2 maybe!), there is no way one could have dual boot a M1 Mac device with a 圆4 version of Windows 10 anyways! This makes complete sense because with Microsoft having no plans of making their ARM specific Windows 10 available generally anytime soon, there was no point for Apple to carry forward the support of Boot Camp on their M1 Mac devices. ![]() The new Apple silicon (M1) powered Mac devices do not support Boot Camp anymore, a very popular software that is often used by many to dual boot Windows on Intel (圆4) powered Mac devices. You can test the ARM-specific variant of Windows 10 with a Mac device that’s armed with Apple’s new ARM-based M1 SoC.īut before we begin, it is important to note that… No Boot Camp support on Apple Silicon Thus, if you want to have your hands on Windows 10 on ARM, either on a device directly or as a VM, you would still need an ARM-powered system as per the specifications above.ĭo not have any such ARM-powered Windows notebook available with you but happen to own an M1 Mac device?
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