Windows 11 Can Run on M-Series Macs Like an App: Tutorial

You can seamlessly run Windows 11 on M-series Mac computers with Parallels Desktop 19. Here's how to install and quickly switch back and forth between the two operating systems.

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0:00 Intro
0:14 Parallels Desktop 19
0:37 14-Day Free Trial Download
1:25 Installing Windows 11
2:36 Creating a Parallels Account
3:07 How To Start Windows 11 on a Mac
3:31 Activate Windows 11 Product Key
4:06 Enter Coherence Mode
4:38 Enter Full Screen Mode
4:58 Enter Picture In Picture Mode
5:18 Actions Menu Options
5:29 Configure Parallels for Gaming in Windows 11
6:22 Activating Parallels Dekstop 19 after purchase
6:29 Outro

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[whatgaca]

As soon as Parallel decided to force people to use the subscription model, I just purchased a Windows laptop instead.

[soots-stayingoutofthespotl]

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 (or older 2013) 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?

[chimingchung]

sometime or later... hopefully you guys can demonstrate how to play games on Mac and compare with windows pc

[imavku]

Please suggest an open source application for installing windows on M1 mac.

[mal]

I love seeing Windows treated like an app instead of giving Bill Gates full access to your Mac. Exactly how it should be treated.

[Boymeetsworld]

If you use outlook with parallels, it’s incredibly slow and regularly hangs

[sakenu]

Can i install it on an iPad Pro? That would make the iPad Pro a killer tablet/pc lol. and would push for apple to release mac OS on an iPad Pro.

[gamefun]

once Windows on ARM is ported to Macs, Parallels will become obsolete

[lasarith]

Microsoft: should we make a certificate to allow windows to work on Mac,
Nah let’s have them go though all this to be able to do it .

[wojeff]

The bombardment of prompts reminds me of Windows Vista

[Omiefury]

How much memory does parallel supports for Windows 11 on the M3 Macbook? It used to be limited to 8GB. Does this restriction still exist?

[dee]

It’s crazy that we have to do this. I guess this is a cleaner way to separate work and personal life. 🤔this would be cool on Vision Pro

[ThereIsNSpn]

Windows Hello login via camera or fingerprint aren’t available on Win11 Parallels VM, so expect to enter password or PIN for each login.

[farzadjahanfard]

Can you use hdd and usb flash drives in windows if you connect it ??

[kt]

iOS option……Can you use Mac OS on a windows machine ?

[elishatunga]

Do you perhaps know if I can run any software currently running on my windows laptop if I choose to upgrade to an M series MacBook and follow the VM route?

[christophersingh]

There's no installing anywhere in this video, all you're doing is piggybacking on the cloud

[AyushSingh-yqso]

Is there any way to install macos on windows

[leonardopanino]

But si Windows for Arm? Or is normal 64 bit Windows ?

[RITPA]

Does parallels include the windows software now? Or do you have to download the windows ISO?