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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1904792" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>So, I bit the bullet and made the jump to an M1 Pro-powered MacBook Pro. I'm very pleased with the performance and overall quality of the machine, especially as compared to my 2018 MBA. Rosetta seems to be working just fine for the purpose of running Intel apps, and the performance is shockingly good. </p><p></p><p>After I had gotten all of my core apps installed and tested, I was reminded about virtualization options (or lack thereof) when I noticed my VMWare Fusion install had ported over from my Time Machine backup. Of course it doesn't run, even with Rosetta, but that led me to wonder what the present and future state of Windows software running on the Mac will be.</p><p></p><p>I noticed that CodeWeavers have capitalized on this as they have a ton of ads whenever you start searching for M1 compatibility options for legacy 32-bit Intel apps (obviously already eliminated in Monterrey) as well as Windows apps (and primarily games). I'm wondering if anyone has gone down this road and to what extent you've had success.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, I noticed that Parallels already has a rudimentary solution for running Windows - specifically the ARM preview version of Windows 11 (which itself has x86 emulation baked in). Again, I'm curious if anyone has experimented with it. I haven't messed around with Parallels in a while, but the last time I did, I noted that it's gotten even more expensive than it was in the past, so I'm a little hesitant to test the waters with what appears to be a mostly experimental Windows 11 build. Any thoughts on this aspect? </p><p></p><p>Finally, I'm wondering if there are any other solutions that I maybe just haven't heard of yet. Now, I have a desktop Windows machine (primarily for gaming), so this isn't really a desperate need, I'd just like to have the flexibility to conveniently run some Windows apps if the need arises.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for any thoughts you might have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1904792, member: 24098"] So, I bit the bullet and made the jump to an M1 Pro-powered MacBook Pro. I'm very pleased with the performance and overall quality of the machine, especially as compared to my 2018 MBA. Rosetta seems to be working just fine for the purpose of running Intel apps, and the performance is shockingly good. After I had gotten all of my core apps installed and tested, I was reminded about virtualization options (or lack thereof) when I noticed my VMWare Fusion install had ported over from my Time Machine backup. Of course it doesn't run, even with Rosetta, but that led me to wonder what the present and future state of Windows software running on the Mac will be. I noticed that CodeWeavers have capitalized on this as they have a ton of ads whenever you start searching for M1 compatibility options for legacy 32-bit Intel apps (obviously already eliminated in Monterrey) as well as Windows apps (and primarily games). I'm wondering if anyone has gone down this road and to what extent you've had success. Secondly, I noticed that Parallels already has a rudimentary solution for running Windows - specifically the ARM preview version of Windows 11 (which itself has x86 emulation baked in). Again, I'm curious if anyone has experimented with it. I haven't messed around with Parallels in a while, but the last time I did, I noted that it's gotten even more expensive than it was in the past, so I'm a little hesitant to test the waters with what appears to be a mostly experimental Windows 11 build. Any thoughts on this aspect? Finally, I'm wondering if there are any other solutions that I maybe just haven't heard of yet. Now, I have a desktop Windows machine (primarily for gaming), so this isn't really a desperate need, I'd just like to have the flexibility to conveniently run some Windows apps if the need arises. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you might have. [/QUOTE]
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