Installing Windows XP using UTM took ages, and booting it takes probably two minutes (I stopped counting after about a minute). I've used PC emulation before (Virtual PC on a PowerMac G5 and the 'Q' frontend to QEMU on a Mac Pro), but I've been somewhat spoilt by the speed of virtualisation on my old Mac Pro. But I'm not sure if there will be a legal way to get an official copy for QEMU to run, unless Microsoft suddenly starts selling retail copies of WOA.īut x86-64 emulation in QEMU is quite slow. I'm somewhat positive that Parallels might strike a deal with Microsoft to bundle a special build of Windows for ARM with their software. I'm actually surprised how early the Windows virtualisation has been tackled. I haven't tested this yet, but I'm pretty sure that Parallels is better for 3D acceleration if the guest extensions are installed.īoth are in early development, though, so expect some snags. It's probably a good idea to switch to 'virtio-gpu' in ACVM as explained in the link above. Since both Parallels and QEMU have to use Apple's hypervisor the basic performance will be quite similar. Parallels, a popular virtualization tool for Mac, does have support for the M1 chips, as a technical preview.As both the technical preview of Parallels as well as the insider preview of Windows 10 on ARM are currently available for free (and ACVM/QEMU is free anyway), I would recommend simply trying if ACVM fits your needs or if you need the additional features of Parallels. The license for the ARM version of Windows requires the OS to be installed from the factory, so aftermarket installs aren’t currently possible. While Linux support for the M1 Macs looks like it’s a go, the picture for Windows 10 is less clear. He’s got a history of getting Linux running on a wide range of hardware, so if anyone can, it’ll be him. One day, you may be able to fully install Linux on your M1 Mac, as developer Hector Martin is working on a full port. Networking won’t work unless you have a USB-C dongle for ethernet. You won’t be able to install Linux to the M1 Mac though, their method runs off the USB drive. The M1 Macs were a challenge to get running, as the non-standard parts made making Linux drivers difficult.

Thanks to the team ❤️🙏 /uBDbDmvJUG- Chris January 20, 2021įair warning, it does need some prior knowledge of Linux and making custom kernels. We will push changes to our GitHub and a tutorial later today. Update includes support for USB, I2C, DART. Booting from USB a full Ubuntu desktop (rpi).

Linux is now completely usable on the Mac mini M1.

Mac m1 parallels linux