Neither of these are really for consumers. It's like running Microsoft client services. The only reason VMWare is "king" is because it's meant for servers, primarily cloud servers. VMWare just took their time to work out the licensing. VMWare has always been for pro users and Parallels has been for consumers. VMWare Fusion has always been second fiddle to Parallels on Macs. Parallels already supports Windows 11 (Arm) and runs macOS VMs (Arm) with no issues. Even if the internal partitioning wasn't supported, being able to boot a USB/Thunderbolt drive would be a good option to have. VMWare said they wouldn't support Windows until Microsoft officially supported it:īootcamp is still unlikely but it should at least be officially supported now. The Qualcomm exclusivity deal reportedly expiring soon after November 2021 is probably the reason for this support from VMWare now: VMWare has announced that its upcoming update to VMWare Fusion will bring Windows 11 support to both Intel-based and Apple Silicon machines. Also, users can't currently create macOS-based virtual machines, though VMWare is looking into that for the future. Fusion won't support VMs running across different architectures, for example. The company does note, however, that VMWare Fusion is still a work in progress on Apple Silicon Macs, and there are some limitations to the support. "While it is a little early, and things on Apple silicon don't always behave like we're used to on Intel, we're thrilled to be able to share the work we've been doing to prepare support for Windows 11 virtual machines on Fusion, for both Intel and Apple silicon Macs."Īlong with Windows 11 support on Apple Silicon machines, the new tech preview also includes VMtools installation for Windows 11 on M1, improved Linux support on M1, 3D Graphics HW Acceleration and OpenGL 4.3 in Linux VMs, and more. VMWare says that it's looking for user feedback as it "irons out kinks" and prepares for more formal support later in 2022.
The latest update to VMWare Fusion is now available to test out as a free technology preview on the company's website. Although ARM versions of Windows itself aren't available on Macs with M1 or M2 chips, users will be able to download and use Windows 11 on Apple Silicon Macs using the VMWare Fusion virtualization software.
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