Windows on Mac | 2 options tested

[@AZisk]

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

[@memsom]

I just installed Windows 11 recently on 2 macs, one was a 2012 pre retina i5 2.5GHz, the other was a brand new MacPro with M3 Pro. Here is some insight: Intel: you do not need bootcamp. I just installed an EFI version of Windows 11 from a key made with Rufus (turned of TPM), then used Brigadeer to get the Apple Bootcamp support package. The Bootcamp drivers do not support EFI, so weird stuff like sound doesn;t work, but if you install OpenCore Legacy Patcher and boot using it instead of the default Mac boot menu, you will end up with a working system, sound included. For the M3 Pro - I used VMWare Player. It now does exactly what Parallels does - you can install Windows 11 directly in the setup wizard for a new VM, and it also installs all of the basic support, so it doesn't need the additions to get networking etc. I guess the only thing Parallels has is allowing "confluence" mode, but I would rather use VMWare with a free personal license for the small amount of Windows I need to do rather than pay the Parallels cost every year. If I need more Windows and can't use VMWare because of licensing, I can also switch to UTM.

[@PerpetualPreponderer]

Sorry this video and test is invalid because you didn’t use the Schwarzenegger ;)

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

you can select in macOs which OS to boot with and you can select in each OS "restart with Win/macOs" ;)

[@KaziQTR]

Instead of repeatedly pressing option key, you need to keep it pressed. Also the easier option is to use the boot camp assistant in windows tray and click on restart in macOS. This will directly set macOS your default boot OS.

[@AZisk]

thx. i’m a bootnoob

[@brettb.345]

Holding the option key also let’s you choose another drive to boot from, such as a flash drive.

[@hkloss11]

so, when running Parallels on a Macbook, and then running Windows 11 on a Macbook, you are at the same time running two operating systems, on a Macbook, one Mac OS and a Windows 11 one? Don't these two OS' on the same Mac laptop interfere with each other, ie, slow down their operations? Would someone who needs to use Windows based applications, programs , be better off buying a Windows OS based laptop or computer?

[@codewithlarsy]

@@AZisk niggling

[@brettb.345]

@@hkloss11 windows runs in a virtual machine. For all intents and purposes, windows sees its machine however parallels portrays itself to windows. The only real instances of conflicts of which I’m aware would be sharing usb devices and such.

[@JustinWellsDev]

I have fond memories of being in middle school/high school in 2009/2010 installing windows on my iMac and 13" macbook pro for light gaming and modding. Wayyyy back lmao

[@SwissPGO]

Why not UTM ? allows to run both intel and ARM windows on Apple silicon. It's qemu based.

[@Stonemasher]

Thats what i'm using. awesome, fast and free!

[@noah2570lol]

1. Parallels is official 2. It has way more features

[@sololololos]

UTM still does not support hardware acceleration. You can go and check it yourself. For example the Ubuntu imagine says display: gpu. And for windows it’s says display: vga.

[@SwissPGO]

@@sololololos interesting... I've not been in the need for the GPU on windows, a quick search on qemu (the underlying technology of UTM) shows that qemu supports GPU passthrough and virtio-GPU using spice - which requires installing the spice drivers on windows. I don't know how mature these drivers are for Apple silicon though, as I never had the need.

[@ShawnSonnentag]

Great demonstration of the differences between native and virtual Windows systems. Thanks!

[@FernandoAES]

Back in the day, I installed Windows on my bootcamp and VMWare offered to make a virtual machine from the bootcamp installation. It was best of both worlds because I used it as a Virtual machine daily, which is a better experience for productivity. But I could boot in windows if needed raw performance, which meant gaming.

[@moow950]

You have to plugin the charger to get full performance on the Boot Camp machine, otherwise you will get a lower performance (to save battery). Also, you can access the Mac partition from Windows with some extra software install, so you don't need to restart the machine and use a USB drive to exchange files.

[@JeffP702]

Love using Parallels for this. I keep Windows mostly separate except for sharing one folder. In addition, because I don't like certain products on my Mac side, I just use them on Windows and it works seamlessly. For me, I also recommend more than 16GB memory, or you will run into pressure.

[@imanasri9950]

great!

[@QuintonDolan]

All of the legacy windows intel apps I need work fine on Windows 11 for ARM thanks for the built in x64 emulation (similar to Rosetta 2 on macOS). Parallels coherence mode even makes them seamless.

[@arth8053]

Really?! Do all the x64 apps work fine without any occasional crashes?

[@francute2u]

Are you able to run dotnet core 3.1 and 4.5 (asp) on parallels? Been finding some solutions as to how to run my legacy code

[@jaca1099]

I've played an old 2002 windows game on parallels, definitely wasn't an arm version and ran good

[@florianvandillen]

Any experience with the old .NET Framework stuff? As a consultant I need to be able to run that.

[@uncaloke]

Was hoping to see more about this emulator in action. Perhaps in another video? 😅

[@ajcroteau0928]

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...

[@Emreb-y5m]

Waiting for this!

[@erthboy47]

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

[@soots-stayingoutofthespotl5495]

I'm here to try and find out how Windows 10 or 11 scales, and how it works with Macbook screens. Here's some background to my enquiry: in the old days, if you deviated away from your screen's native resolution on any Windows machine, the resulting text was slightly blurry. And although many people could accept that, I definitely can't. The problem is that I want a new laptop and I've been used to using a relatively low-res 1366x768 screen for years, but they're quite rare now and I really don't want to go higher i.e. up to 1920 (aka Full HD) or 2560 (aka QHD/ 1440p). As this is a work and browsing machine only, the resulting text would be too small for me, and even though I understand that scaling has improved in the Windows operating system in recent years, deviating so far from the technical native resolution is probably going to bug me... unless it's an exact 2:1 scale. By that, I'm referring to the way that Apple laptops have, say, a 2880 screen, but display the desktop at half that resolution, meaning everything is much bigger than it would be on a 2880 res Windows machine, presumably by using two pixels to one (i.e. retina display). So, I want to know if the latest Windows o/s can scale down to exactly match the current 2880 or 3072 res Apple laptop screens, and if so, is it pin sharp and have the icon-scaling issues from a few years back been solved now? Alternatively (and it has been impossible to find anything at all about this), will the latest WQXGA 2880x1800 laptop screens such as those fitted to Samsung's Windows laptops scale in the same way/ perfectly if I just forget MacBooks altogether?

[@oscar5]

UTM is able to install and run Windows 11 now. I installed it and so far everything I’ve tried works well. It is ARM based Windows, whatever Microsoft calls their version of Rosetta is working well for me, for a couple of things I tried. I was able to share the Mac host machine drive as drive Z. It is using 5 or 6 cores from the host so it is quite speedy

[@stanleyphilips7509]

Did it install it natively ?

[@N3tigen]

How about windows pro version Open multiple HyperV , Sandboxs , virtualbox , Rosetta all at one system and sabotage all Apple silicon power with multiple tasks and games. 😂😂😂😂 I try I was an idiot idea 😁😁

[@berniasd012]

still sounds liek a hussle, i just want a good ARM windows ultrabook that has arm optimised apps running on it, is it too much to ask for? 😢

[@salvatorepurpura]

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

[@AZisk]

that would indeed be a good test. i’ll consider doing it in the future

[@youarecorrectiamwrongbecau1338]

@AZisk yeah.. that seems like an interesting comparison. Also, I was pretty uncomfortable when you were pressing down the alt key repeatedly.. it's simple method of keeping it pressed which I know since forever so was surprised you didn't know it. But yeah, it's possible your workflow never required doing it

[@florianvandillen]

As a .NET developer considering a MBP, could you tell me if the following will work on Parallels + Win11 for ARM: - .NET Framework - SSMS - SQL server developer edition Thanks! Your videos are highly appreciated.

[@usefulprogrammer9880]

I found it needlessly complicated especially if you have complex docker build sequences with lots of image dependencies. Some have arm versions some don’t and if you develop locally with ARM and deploy to X86 servers it becomes extremely painful.

[@adi555j]

Did you end up buying it? My office M1 is extremely painful to work with

[@florianvandillen]

@@adi555j yes, got the M3 Max. Working like a charm. Don’t really need SSMS when you have Azure data studio. SQL server runs natively on Docker.

[@zaidyounas1602]

Can we appreciate how much high quality content this guy posts.

[@RSV9]

I am still using the latest version of VMware Fusion on the mac mini M2 pro, its free 🤷‍♂️

[@BrandonLackey]

Now if we can get an ARM version of SQL Server or at least SSMS, we'd be styling. 😆

[@AZisk]

ikr. i don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon

[@Cadeyrnyes]

Without much knowledge in the area, I needed an sql server in Parallels for a certain software and I installed the 2014 32 bit and that worked

[@brunosanmartin1065]

I have a lot of experience using virtual machines and Boot Camp as well as Parallels. As I have mentioned in previous videos, I am a developer and I can tell you that I have used Parallels on a MacBook Pro 16" with the M1 Pro chip and it works perfectly. HOWEVER, as you rightly said in your video, you need to have ARM compatibility, otherwise the programs will not work at all. Unfortunately, compatibility with Apple silicon is quite limited for programs used in Windows. The idea of using a virtual machine with Windows is the COMPATIBILITY THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE WITH MACOS. Unlike using Boot Camp, which in my personal opinion has 100% compatibility because it uses Intel processors. Perhaps it is a headache to restart and boot the operating system, but it is something that has greater compatibility when using programs, for example, BIZAGI, which is a Process Modeler and BPM Suite. Regards, Alex from Chile

[@18PregnantAndProud]

is bizagi not working under windows arm x64 emulation ?

[@mikey9836]

If I were a business student wanting to switch to electrical engineering do you think that parallels would be ok on my 16 inch m2 pro? I hope that it could run things such as CAD as I heard it doesn’t work natively.

[@sarahmichelle4063]

Does the dedicated video ram intel shows in bootcamp

[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

So will Parallels let me install it on all 5 of my computers with just one license like VMware Fusion does?

[@remainedmind]

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

[@brivism]

coherence mode is worth mentioning and showing. it basically let's you start windows app and have them on your macos desktop next to your macos apps' window

[@tamalchakraborty5346]

I used to like coherence mode, now its just cumbersome. I would like macOS and Windows on separate spaces like in this video. A good point though.

[@AZisk]

yes, i didn’t mention it here, but good addition. I mentioned it a few times in my other vids on Parallels

[@mrsmith2602]

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

[@lightflash28]

You can actually run windows 11 on bootcamp with some quick registry edits in the installer!

[@guilhermearruda6037]

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

[@chidorirasenganz]

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

[@Geek-zl6bs]

I had no idea a video like this existed! thank you! I'm a multiplatform app developer. I'm developing on a Windows PC and an Intel iMac. However, this has become a hassle and I would like to develop applications for Windows and MacOS on a single Mac (Apple Silicon). This test was very helpful! Thank you vecy much !!

[@satyamshukla8292]

I'm waiting for someone to do tests for running windows on M1 Pro vs M2 pro vs M3 pro using fusion pro.. I really need to run windows inside my MacBook time to time. Hence I've been scratching my head off to which pro line up will perform the best in 16-18 gb pro models. I'll appreciate if any one can do that for me.

[@GaneshV]

You could also install only Windows on an Intel Mac. You will need to use brigadier to install the Mac drivers on windows though after installing the OS. And if you by pass the requirement for TPM when creating Windows 11 bootable using rufus, you could get the Windows 11 installed as well - as a clean install - without macOS

[@jenserikbech]

132 Dollars for Parallels Pro!!! And it will not run 32 bit programs! No "Total Annihilation" no Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition". No programs from the world you lived in-Alex. Fortunately you have got an Intel Mac with Bootcamp, so you can get your world back. But you might buy a Windows laptop?

[@AZisk]

I’m not familiar with those programs (games I suppose?). For serious gaming, even though Parallels offers dx12 support, I would get a dedicated windows machine

[@svenbjorn9700]

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

[@stanleyphilips7509]

M Chip series Mac can never run Windows natively, I hope you know that and I have Window 11 running on my intel mac natively and it's fast .

[@FlyingPhilUK]

How much slower is running Windows x64 code on the M3 Mac vs an Intel Mac running Windows?

[@electroheadfx]

yes i'd like to know too, but is it really possible to run x64 code on windows arm ?

[@FlyingPhilUK]

@@electroheadfx Yes - Windows has a JIT translator... just like rosetta..

[@electroheadfx]

interesting@@FlyingPhilUK

[@techtarzan702]

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

[@NITHINPB]

Does the arm version windows won't run natively on mac with bootcamp ?

[@maxott2222]

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?

[@padonker]

Could you compare apples with apples? I.e. Intel with parallels Windows and M3 with parallels Windows? I am still on the former and wish to know what I'd get if I ditched Intel.

[@carlodrift]

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

[@vmocoder]

I just picked up an M3 Max and one thing that doesn't work in Parallels is MS SQL server which I need for Visual Studio 2020. However, it was really simple to create a Docker container on the Mac side running SQL server and can connect to it from Windows just as if it was in the VM.

[@unkown34x33]

I installed Windows 11 on the Intel mac... you just need to know how. it's that damn Tpm. and mine was the 2015 one, coz I can't stand the new ones

[@muhammadfiazanahmad1831]

But i have installed windows 11 on my macbook air early 2015, and its working great!!!!!!

[@bazwillrun]

2019 MBP 32GB ram and it runs W10 Bootcamp faster and better than my PCs/Laptops..

[@alejob54]

I’d really like to be able to install windows 11 arm bare metal on Mac silicon

[@therobpratt]

UTM for Windows 11 on Apple Silicon for the win: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6KooYxvi5yeZrssi=G1dXUTdJrRIpyTDl

[@bryans8656]

Boot Camp is the one feature that I really miss since I moved to Apple silicon. I have some legacy x86 software that I still use and Windows on Parallels won't run them. My final solution was to buy one of those Dell Optiplex desktops you see all over eBay and soup it up. Not only can I run my old software, I can play my Steam games.

[@MarshallPaisner]

Hi Alex. Nice comparison. What model and configuration is the Mac?

[@AZisk]

thx. 2019 core i9 32GB vs 2023 m3 max 64GB

[@MarshallPaisner]

SSD size? For sale? M@@AZisk

[@oakman978]

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)

[@hhy2k]

yeah, actually win11 runs much better than any macOS

[@mannkeithc]

I upgraded my Intel MacBook Pro 13 with 8th i7 core processor Bootcamp Windows 10 to 11 and was also able to install WSL2 GUI and Windows Subsystem for Android. I had to jump through some hoops to do the initial upgrade to Windows 11, but thereafter I used group policy to force the 21H2, 22H2 updates. In the end, I got rid of my Intel MacBook Pro, because performance of Intel Bootcamp Windows 11 was so slow compared with running Windows 11 as a VM under Parallels on my M2 MacBook Pro 13! The same group policy approach, as documented on Parallel's support site, also works to force the 23H2 update if not offered via Windows update.

[@GrahamBrook]

Partners

[@GiancarloDiamond]

what mic is that sir? the quality is top

Dobra ale Symfonii nie zainstaluję, pozdrawiam sympatyków! /s (ARM v.) // BTW Im in a Mac mini 2018 for this fauny stuff, severals. Nativ Parralles would be nice, maybe on WWDC. There is keynote about virtual, few lines of code, as I remember. But not WINDOWS 😂😂😂 In this case, Paralles is not on my liked list, I know - Has anyone bypassed the Postscript problem in Sonoma and Parallels? Without this function, is in MY CASE, worthless. EDIT: Paralles is for/to VenturaOs only. It is slowly being cut out 👏

[@talktolegyt1636]

this explains how successful microsoft’s windows is

[@AZisk]

i would say it’s pretty successful

[@santa3322400]

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.

[@sarahmichelle4063]

Does the graphic card reflect in bootcamp? Pls

[@adi555j]

@@sarahmichelle4063 yes it will.

[@BassFoxNation]

I have a MacBook Pro M3 Pro and I found out using UTM virtual machine is the best to use for ARM based possessors.

[@RegiiPad]

boot camp utilities on windows let you define the next boot drive go to control panel on windows and use it if not control panel there will be a program there. it's been a long time I don't use boot camp

[@AZisk]

thnx. first time with bootcamp

[@RegiiPad]

@@AZisk macDrive for windows will let you mount your MacOS partition on boot camp'ed windows

[@hhy2k]

Win11 runs just fine on all one these... 2012, 2016 etc...

[@RobloxianX]

Once we finally have real ARM support for everything id def buy a mac any day, for now though im going to stay clear of it because I need my software support

[@everythingvideos24]

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.

[@alexmid]

macbook RAM is too expensive

[@AZisk]

really?

[@TheDanEdwards]

"macbook RAM is too expensive" - disagree.

[@alexmid]

@@AZisk 🤣

[@reblou.design]

for my job as graphic designer for mainly schoolbooks, i work with publishers. One of them wants everything done on PC, even tho we work with inDesign and it shouldn't technically matter if it runs on mac or windows. Anyhow, I've got the Macbook Pro M3 Max and tried Parallel (and VMware) - it works fine in general, and i guess for gaming it might work out - BUT!!! Adobe hasn't updated or made certain programs like InDesign and Illustrator available for AMR Processors (Virtual machines like Parallel and VMware seem to only be able to install Windows 11 AMR)... So now I have to purchase a second computer, a PC and use Windows Remote Desktop (hopefully that works) to still use only one big workstation instead of working on 2 computer simultaneously... Only because bootcamp isn't available anymore :/ If anyone reads this and has found any kind of loophole to still 'boot' windows on the new Macs... Pleeeease enlighten me.. 😆

[@theperfguy]

The 2019 MBP with Intel chip compared to M3 Pro machine would probably be 3 to 4 times slower just at Processor level. Additionally memory would also be slow even if the older machine had more memory. The Intel chips are really no match, I had run the python benchmarks for processor you had run on one of your videos and the 2019 MBP with 6-cores/16GB RAM was more than 2 times slower than a 2023 Air M2 with 8-cores/8GB RAM. And on top of all that you want to run Windows on top, no wonder the 2019 MBP is screaming (fans) and crying.. I have also faced this when upgrading the OS versions, the Air is compatatively much faster. Windows has this quick bootup thing, where restarts dont cause system to shutdown. You would have to properly do a windows shutdown manually (long press wont do that either). I think that could be one of the reason you were not reaching the OS menu with option key. (Atleast that is my guess, I could be wrong though)

[@arnoldrajib6700]

@AZisk, we oftentimes hear that windows system is more vulnerable to virus, hacks etc. than iOS. If we run windows Parallels on MacBook/iMac, do/should we have additional anti-virus software just like windows on other machines? It would be helpful if you could explain all types of supplemental/substitute things in another video. Thanks

[@boristubeti6776]

So I just bought a MacBook Pro m3 Max, I used to use a Windows machine and work on FL Studio. Now I realized that there’s a ton of plugins I can’t “borrow”…Is it worth it to run windows on a Mac to be able to work the way I used to on my PC laptop? Thank you! I am against “borrowing”, and slowly buying all of the official versions.

[@ralphort7445]

Is there any recommendation for an USB WLAN stick supporting W11 ARM (ARM drivers for Windows 11) out there? Desperately seeking one to bring my virtualized W11 into the company NW. Thanks

[@davidalan2469]

I use my i9 16" macbook pro at work for FireCad. a Fire Alarm Design software based on Autocad. The 13" M1 I have doesn't cut it running FireCAD on Windows 11 Parallels. I'm hoping the M3 Max will make a huge difference with Parallels.

[@CinceTheDay]

If the purpose of the intel mac is windows x64 software testing I'd rather wipe the SSD and install windows 11 directly via UEFI. You can then extract the win 10 drivers from the latest boot camp installer (7zip or winrar can do so) and speaking of expirience they're gonna do fine on 11.

[@johnwilliamson3164]

OK, if running Parallels, what is the best backup solution... is it possible to back up Mac and Windows using one backup program? Any recommendations for backup solution? Thanks!

[@DrumsAndGadgets]

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.

[@dav1dw]

How about doing a Windows 10 comparison video on native (bootcamp) vs VMware Fusion? VMware also would allow you to install Windows 11 and I just heard that VMware Fusion 13 Pro is now free.

[@richie_01]

Man, I miss Bootcamp so much. Finally we got powerful GPUs… and then we lost Windows access. Parallels and other virtualization platforms are useless for gaming.

[@paradoxmo]

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.

[@innercynic2784]

Considering just how pernicious and bad MS has become of late I'm questioning whether any version is worth putting on my M1 or simply relegating Windows to older intel based machines and leaving it at that.

[@JSiuDev]

I used to multiple ways to run vm on Intel Mac before, Parallels is best. However, switching to Macbook Air M2, its not worth paying Parallels anymore as I can no longer run Windows with it. There are multiple options for Linux vm.

[@kevinprince9527]

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.

[@Victor-ze3sd]

Whats's the best alternative to Parallels that you can purchase one time?

[@YousefHaidary]

you can purchase Parallels one time, doesn't have to be a subscription

[@Victor-ze3sd]

@@YousefHaidaryIsn't the Parallels brand a subscription model? What are your suggestions?

[@YousefHaidary]

@@Victor-ze3sd you can subscribe to get future updates or buy 1 time without updates for like 120$ i believe

[@CarlosStorms]

The Intel has a disadvantage because Intel has its Low Power mode hardwired and by default, meaning that without the power connected, you loose performance. Try connecting it to power and see. The Apple Silicon one will not be affected by this unless the low power mode is enabled. It will still be faster but the difference will be less noticeable

[@ozzy4654]

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

[@anthonyvera4426]

I need help when I try to use the iso file from Microsoft my 2017 13 inch MacBook Pro says it can’t be recognized is there any way to fix that

[@krishanubepari4727]

Hi there, I'm Krish. Your video is really helpful. I searched a lot on KZbin but couldn't find what I needed until I watched your video. Thank you! I have a question though. I bought a refurbished MacBook Air 2019, and it looks brand new. When I tried to update it to Sonoma, it became very slow and choppy. Could you make a video explaining this issue, or suggest a better version of macOS? This is my first time using a Mac, so I'm a bit lost. Thanks!

[@MatthewNislein]

Thank you for posting this! Great video!

[@Deadsoul-wo4of]

Got rid from my Mac for this reason, we are living in a Windows World, killing Visual Studio, bad decision, anyway it was never good on Macs, maybe one day i'll be back...

[@stealth1428]

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.

[@El.Duder-ino]

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.

[@tutacat]

That's not fair on intel. The normal installer gives you multiple versions if you download the iso version, otherwise you select the version using media creation tool. Also you pre downloaded on the intel one.

[@Psyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Ngl just pirated parallels and it’s actually good on my m2 15’ mba with 8gb RAM (i allocated 4gb to windows) and it’s very optimized

[@veerpatel6719]

Where can I pirate it from?

[@SSquirrel1976]

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 :)

[@prod.by.aqua.]

parallels sucks my screen is always black

[@seattledude2022]

You agree with me, 99.9% of the time, low productivity is not because of the machine, for a developer :)

[@sivi151]

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 :D

[@tradermichael915]

You didn't mentioned battery backup while using windows on Mac How much we get approximately?

[@ryananderson8576]

no egpu support and its $200 for a 8gb ram upgrade and we have no options with the new proprietary apple silicon macs

[@jwstinthesky2677]

If I'm using Windows with parallels on an m3 iMac, and I connect a Linux laptop through Thunderbolt to the iMac, could I use the iMac as an external display on the Windows Window running on the iMac?

[@adriancoanda9227]

you dont need bootcamp you can instert the instalation media on intel mac and it supports also windows 11 y had windows 11 on a macbook pro mid 2010

[@mmossalam3898]

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

[@Seyfettin.a]

Parallels does not fully support all Windows programs, for example, Nvidia simulation programs. I hope your method will work. However, you mentioned that this Boot Camp works on Intel systems, but my Apple Mac Studio Ultra uses Silicon Graphics. I’m not sure if it will work on my Mac.

[@AZisk]

bootcamp only works on intel machines

[@theloniousMac]

I don't even think about bootcamp anymore. I always set up Ubuntu and Windows under Parallels. The MacBook Pro becomes the ultimate development machine.

[@Transcriptor]

On a macbook pro m1 2023 utm with windows 10 and office works well.

[@fenderjazzbrian]

I run Windows via Bootcamp in a VM on my Intel Mac, so I can use Mac and Windows at the same time.

[@sureshot52r48]

on my intel Mac i always loaded windows to bootcamp and then pointed Parallels to bootcamp so i can do either option.