“Licensing the Windows 11 operating system that runs on the Mac device is straightforward,” said Parallels in a blog post.

It isn’t immediately clear how these licenses will work with Parallels.

Parallels said that “users can purchase Windows 11 through their normal Windows procurement process”.Ī Windows 11 Pro key costs £219.99 directly from Microsoft and Windows 11 Enterprise licenses are purchased through Microsoft 365 Enterprise. Users will still be able to run software that’s built for Windows machines but isn’t available on the Microsoft Store. One of the main drawbacks for users wanting to run Windows 11 on Mac is that the Arm version occasionally encounters issues where applications built for windows don’t run correctly. Parallels was still a viable and popular option for those who wanted to run Windows on Macs, but didn’t want to dedicate substantial space on their hard drive for a disk-partitioned setup. Apple has never suggested it will be bringing Boot Camp Assistant to Macs powered by its own chips. With this method, users could choose which OS to launch when booting. Microsoft officially authorised Windows 11 arm installs on Thursday.īefore Apple’s M1 chip was released, its Macs were powered by Intel CPUs and supported Apple’s Boot Camp Assistant - software that allowed users to partition their hard drives to install Windows 10 on the computer natively. The virtualisation software has been supported on Apple silicon Macs since 2021, but Windows installs have always required unofficial workarounds.

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