Windows on Mac | 2 options tested

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1. For Bootcamp you’ll need an Intel Mac. Try Parallels here for free: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100libNI

2. I own 4 Windows 11 devices 2 Desktops 2 Laptops and I owned 2 Mac Devices M1 Mac Mini and M1 MacBook Pro so I think I'm good with running windows on my macs.

3. You’re holding a MacBook Pro.

4. You can get Win11 to run on intel macs using boot camp. But first u need to install win10 as win11 on bootcamp in blocked, then after u upgrade win10 to 11. Theres a tutorial how to do it properly on YT.

5. Thank you for posting this! Great video!

6. You should use crossover

7. Nice comparision @Azisk. I have the intel macbook pro high end customized version – i9, 2 TB SSD, 64 GB RAM. I'm thinking of using parallels for windows on macbook. However, should I go for the subscripton or one time payment?

8. whats the performance if you run parallels on the intel mac with windows compared to parallels on the arm box would be a better comparison

9. I've been using bootcamp windows 11 for two years now and have had no issues. While not officially supported, it works just as well as win10. You can even do a hacky workaround and boot it off an external drive. This worked, but the speed was not great. The best thing I ever did for my 2019 minimum spec macbook was install windows 11 on the internal drive (128GB) and Monterey on an external USB3.2 NVMe enclosure (500GB)

10. How much RAM do you recommend for running Windows 11 in a VM? Will 18gb MacBook Pro be enough to run Excel / Power BI?

11. Parallel is not worth it you want to game. For example no support for directx12 and then you have issues with anti cheat software that stop you from playing games because it’s a VM

12. "Edge is good now!" Edge is basically Chrome now lol

13. Those were the days…..*dreams*

14. I'm watching this on a windows 11 boot camp install 😂

15. One thing you have to consider is that with a "native" installation on bootcamp you can run simulators on windows with no issues, while if you are already using windows on a VM like you do with Parallel then I am not sure you can run another VM over the VM to run your phone simulators …
    I also wonder how containers run in a Parallel Windows VM…

16. Vmware fusion have full graphic acceleration even for apple chip and it is completely free for personal use

17. can i use all my storage for windows, or whats the maximum?

18. My Intel MacBook Pro isn't going anywhere. I do enterprise stuff and emulation is a no go. Bootcamp is my friend. If Microsoft does truly port Windows to Apple Macs and it runs full native, no MacOS running, then I might give it a look.

19. I have a late 2016 MacBook Pro with dual boot (bootcamp) with windows 11 23H2 and os Ventura (OpenCore) and is works like a charm. You have to install win 10 with bootcamp and then upgrade to win 11, so you can have win 11 with bootcamp.

20. Appreciate the apple 🍎

21. but no office, sql server etc on m123

22. I've had my 2018 MBP dual booted w/boot camp for quite awhile now (whenever Epic started their fight w/Apple. Yes I mostly have the dual boot to play Fortnite w/my kids), but I have mine setup to default boot into Mac and then holding option gives me the choice of which. It isn't perfect, sometimes it doesn't trigger. I have a 14" MBP M3 Pro coming Wednesday tho, so I will be investigating the Parallel's method. I'm back in school working ona degree, so I think I can get Paralleles for half price w/student rate. I'm currently in a free year for PyCharm 🙂

23. Might have been a bit more enlightening to compare Parallels for Intel and Parallels for Apple Silicon. Parallels on Intel has all the same advantages of virtualization like snapshots and cloning, without most of the downsides since it runs x86-64 Windows.

24. Great video. However, there is parallels for the intel macs! That would be an equivalent comparison.

25. The obvious choice is this: You need 3d acceleration: go with bootcamp and you can use outdated AMD graphics drivers. Or an eGPU of your choice! Don’t need 3d? Parralles is fine for most tasks.

26. Very nice demonstration, good video

27. I´ve been using Parallels for ages. IMO it has always worked way better than Fusion. 😉 I´m currently using WIN11 arm in my MBP 14" with coherence. It is just so smooth.

28. Had to set up Windows on my Apple Silicon Mac just few days ago, and used free UTM software. Seems to work!

29. M2?

30. Hi! Could someone help me out, please? I just start a course of industrial drafting, and I found out I need to run the software Revit, Autocad and also Tekla. But all of them just run in windows. Could I keep with my m2 and get windows to run easily those software? Thanks

31. I think it would be more fair to test it on 8GB ram machine because most people who would need to make a choice will be between intel maccbook or the M2/M3 with 8 gigs since price is similar.

32. The x64 apps work well on Windows 11 ARM on my side. I've tested both Arm64 and x64 versions of VSCode, and both work. I think it emulates x64 apps automatically

33. i am very busy on a m1 silicon mac in stable diffusion, could a parallels windows version connect to a nvidia rtx EGpu via thunderbolt 4? or is this a silly idea?

34. In this day and age virtual Parallels app is much better option but on the other hand comparing old Intel Mac with M3 Max Mac is quite unfair.

35. Can used parallel in I pad M1 M2 chip.
    Amd used multiple os simullteniously

36. It would be interesting to compare Parallels on the Intel Mac as well as the M3 machine.

37. Can you Test Siemens NX with many parts inside how is the difference?

38. Crossover is another way to run windows apps on MacOS. With that method you aren’t limited to only Windows ARM apps

39. One of the great virtues of the Mac is that it is not Windows.

40. I'd love to see the storage performance metrics to see what part it plays in the startup of the OS and apps

41. I did trial of parallels 19 on my iMac M3. Only have 8GB ram. So it only did 4GB for Windows 11. It was ok and actually fast. Although I really am not liking Mac dock or top menu bar, it's annoying. I just want Windows 11 PC again as it's easier to use overall.

42. yeah apple fruit is mostly known by middle class person sir

43. tbh if you that in need of windows, just get a cheap used brand pc and remote into it , probably cheaper than parallels or other software 😀

44. I don’t want to be that guy, but Edge was never good, it’s not now, and never will be.

45. Could you please make comparison between latest VMware Fusion (or the free! VMware Fusion Player) with Parallels on Apple Silicon? Although this episode is not sponsored by Parallels you seem too much biased towards it because you rarely mention/test VMware, where latest version (13.5) seem to run pretty well

46. MacBook Pro 2019 supports Windows 11 and I am running Windows 11 on my MacBook Pro 2019.

47. Hi Alex, what are your thoughts on doing a comparison between Parallel's and some of the free options such as UTM and if they're even worth exploring…

48. Thank you Alex! I was going to buy Parallels but where to apply your code on their site? The link doesn't seem to work either🙁