![]() ![]() With the coming of Apple Silicon, which is NOT Intel architecture, Apple has made very clear that BootCamp will not be available. ![]() VMWare Workstation and Fusion will cross license). F12 Pro will replace F11 Pro and will include license for 3 devices, INCLUDING Windows and Linux (i.e. Fusion 12 PLAYER will be free for personal use and replaces the 'standard' version of Fusion 11. If you buy F11 after June 15, you will get a free upgrade. F11 will be the last release to support Mojave. The future of Fusion: Fusion 12 is coming (already available as Technology Preview), it is based on very different design and is only for Catalina or Big Sur due to Apple design changes in macOS. Next Question, if you can run Windows ARM as VM on a M1 Mac, will it be possible some day to install Windows ARM NATIVELY to a Apple Silicon Mac, a la bootcamp? I think all that would be needed is a special bootloader to trick Windows ARM into thinking it is a Surface Pro or something. There was no competition before, so Qualcomm and Microsoft had no pressure to push Windows ARM or the Surface Pro, it just had to be good enough. Ironically, because the M1 is so fast, according to some reviews, Windows ARM runs faster as a VM on a M1 Mac than it does on a Surface Pro natively. I wonder if VMware has a skunk works project going on to do the same I'm sure VMWare is watching how the Parallels experiment goes and whether consumers take to it. Even still the, it's actually quite amazing that it can be done, that a 32/64-bit Intel Windows app can run under emulation on a ARM version of Windows built for Qualcomm's ARM chip, running as a Virtual Machine on a Apple Mac with a Apple designed ARM processor. Lingering application issues, emulation of Intel, problems running older 32-bit Intel apps (under emulation). It's a proof of concept, the bigger issue is, will running the ARM version Windows satisfy people who want to run Windows on a Apple Silicon Mac, because Windows ARM still has it's own issues even on official Windows hardware like the Surface Pro. I've tried it, it works, for the most part, still a lot of work to do, but interesting. You can also snag a free trial version if you just want to check it out.So, Parallels is showing off a Technical Preview of Parallels that can run the ARM version of Windows on Apple Silicon apps. ![]() And VMWare is offering existing Parallels Desktop customers 40 percent off if they migrate to Fusion 8 or Fusion 8 Pro. VMWare Fusion 8 Pro is likewise available now for $200. VMWare Fusion 8 is available (in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Japanese) for $80, though existing customers of Fusion 6 or 7 can upgrade for just $50. Like Parallels, VMWare is pushing a higher-priced offering with this release as well: Fusion 8 Pro is aimed at “technical professionals, advanced users, developers, QA and IT admins” and offers native integration with VMWare vCloud Air for cloud-based VM backups, integration with VMware vSphere, VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation servers, support for third party VM and container deployment solutions, and updated networking controls. And like Parallels, VMWare says that this release is more battery friendly.įusion 8 Pro. Fusion 8 has been customized to support modern Mac hardware, including iMac Retina 5K screens, 4K external displays, and more. “With added support for DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, VMware Fusion 8 can deliver up to 65 percent faster graphics over the previous version,” the firm claims.įully supports modern Mac hardware. Like Parallels, VMWare is talking up huge performance gains in this release, particularly with graphics. Fusion 8 fully supports the coming version of OS X, called El Capitan.Įnhanced graphics. Fusion 8 lets Mac users take advantage of key Windows 10 features like Cortana and Microsoft Edge. According to VMWare, the differentiators in Fusion 8 include: As noted in previous Windows 10 + Mac articles, I chose Parallels Desktop over VMWare Fusion a few versions back, but both of these products are excellent and offer similar features, including deep integration between the host OS X environment and Windows guests. ![]()
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