Parallels can finally run x86 versions of Windows or Linux on Apple Silicon
“Early technology preview” is promising but has lots of limitations for now.
arstechnica.com
Parallels to be able to run x86 Windows and Linux on Apple Silicon machines
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arstechnica.com
Ouch.
“Parallels notes that these operating systems currently run "really slow" due to the overhead required for translation. Windows takes between two and seven minutes to boot, depending on the speed of your Mac, and "the responsiveness of the operating system is low." Rather than attempting to multi-task, Parallels says you should close the app you're using before trying to open another one.”
That’ll be because it’s emulating rather than virtualising, of course.
And it means that for the next few years, Parallels will be able to justify each new annual (chargeable) version because “Now it’s 80% faster” as they optimise the code
Makes me glad I dumped it a couple of years ago.
“Parallels notes that these operating systems currently run "really slow" due to the overhead required for translation. Windows takes between two and seven minutes to boot, depending on the speed of your Mac, and "the responsiveness of the operating system is low." Rather than attempting to multi-task, Parallels says you should close the app you're using before trying to open another one.”
That’ll be because it’s emulating rather than virtualising, of course.
And it means that for the next few years, Parallels will be able to justify each new annual (chargeable) version because “Now it’s 80% faster” as they optimise the code
Makes me glad I dumped it a couple of years ago.
Same. You can already do the same for free using UTM but Parallels is a bit more refined. You can even do it using QEMU from Homebrew if you want to be able to configure everything to your hearts desire.Ouch.
“Parallels notes that these operating systems currently run "really slow" due to the overhead required for translation. Windows takes between two and seven minutes to boot, depending on the speed of your Mac, and "the responsiveness of the operating system is low." Rather than attempting to multi-task, Parallels says you should close the app you're using before trying to open another one.”
That’ll be because it’s emulating rather than virtualising, of course.
And it means that for the next few years, Parallels will be able to justify each new annual (chargeable) version because “Now it’s 80% faster” as they optimise the code
Makes me glad I dumped it a couple of years ago.
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I bought a cheapish gaming laptop as there were some old games I wanted to play and it is surprisingly good. Windows 11 seems to work well and I get decent FPS in modern games like Total War: Warhammer 3.
I’d been paying it for years and decided that with the amount of money I’d spent, I could have bought a little Dell Mini from eBay to run the handful of windows apps I needed. So I did.
yeah I still having my gaming pc so it's a wash but it's still a nuisance
It’ll be slightly less awful because it’s still emulation rather than virtualisation.
In terms of performance virtualisation is faster and more performant but you need to run AArch64 Linux distros. On the other hand with emulation you can run all the "normal" Linux distros for Intel x86_64 but they will be much slower.
For me I've been using VMware Fusion to run Aarch64 Linux distros and it works fine.
thanks, good to know, should be purchasing a macbook soon but ill still need other OS’s i may need to access
As @Cromulent says, there are multiple free ways to properly virtualise arm OSs in macOS and they work well.