Parallels will allow ARM-powered Macs to run Windows 10

Source: Geeknetic added 23rd Dec 2020

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by Jordi Bercial 4 hours ago

As we can read in the blog of Parallels , some owners of Mac computers equipped with a processor Apple Silicon M1 will be able to try to use Windows 10 on them through virtualization capabilities processor that allows creating virtual machines for operating systems designed to run on ARM platforms.

According to the announcement, which was originally created on 10 of November and recently updated to indicate the existence of the technical preview , which should allow us to test Windows ARM on our computers MacBook Pro, Macbook Air and Mac Mini with Apple M1 processor.

It should be noted that for now is unknown how you could get to install Windows 10 ARM in a Parallels virtual machine , because although we can usually make use of ISO images for the installation of operating systems in virtual machines, there is no such thing for this version of Windows, although if we take a look at the Windows Insider portal, We will see that we have the option to create a virtual machine with an Insider version of the system.

In any case, the important thing is that something that at first seemed impossible will finally reach the new Macs, and is nothing other than Windows 10, even in its ARM version and especially in the form of a virtual machine.

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Jordi Bercial

Avid technology and electronics enthusiast . I mess around with computer components almost since I learned to ride. I started working at Geeknetic after winning a contest on their forum for writing hardware articles. Drift, mechanics and photography lover. Don’t be shy and leave a comment on my articles if you have any questions.