If you are happy to spend some money and need the best solution for using Windows on Arm on your Mac, you cannot go wrong with Parallels. However, make sure to check out the list of bugs and known issues before using it. If you are looking for a free virtualization solution for your M1 or M2 Mac, VirtualBox 7.0 beta is worth a look. VMware Fusion, another popular virtualization app for Macs, took a long time to build support, and a public release of the tech preview was released in the summer of 2022. Parallels was the first app to support virtualization on Apple Silicon Macs when it launched a few years ago. While the app was compatible with Intel Macs, it took years for the developers to add support for Apple Silicon, which is still in beta with the current release. The app is available for free and allows users to virtualize operating systems like Windows and Linux, on Mac. VirtualBox is a free virtualization app for Mac, developed by Oracle. The app now supports both M1 and M2 Macs, alongside improved 3D experiences with DirectX 11 and OpenGL support, IOMMU and EPT support for nested virtual machines, encryption support for virtual machines, and a “top”-like tool for monitoring CPU and memory usage for each running virtual machine. I would tell my students not to bother spending $40 for parallels unless they have AT LEAST 8 gig of memory, less than that it is just wouldn't be worth the price.VirtualBox 7.0 beta adds support for Windows on Arm virtualization on Apple Silicon Macs. The only good news there is really is that there is a 50% discount for students for the basic version of parallels, point the student to this page for all the details:Īs a final note I will say that the minimum recommended specifications for Parallels is quite low and I would expect most users with that bottom of the line computer to have a very unsatisfactory experience. Of course the instructions for doing this are all for virtualbox and so many exact details on installation and running of the windows machine will differ slightly with parallels. The best solution at this time is recommend to the student to buy parallels, which is akin to VirtualBox in that it will allow installation and running of Windows Virtual machines. I also suspect this is going to be more and more of a problem as Apple moves more and more of their computers to the M1 chips. cheap and easy) solutions at this time to getting students access to DNA Master with the newer M1 hardware.
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