Gaming On MacBook Pro M1 Pro - MacOS Vs Windows 11 Via Parallels - Worth It?

Using Parallels you open your 2021 MacBook Pro to be able to use Windows 11 without the need for boot camp. It runs on a virtual machine and allows you to play many older games that run only on Windows.
In this video I explore what restrictions you have and what performance penalty you have vs gaming directly on MacOS.
Games tested: Shadow Of Mordor, Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2, Thief, Batman Arkham City and Overwatch.

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[TabalugaDragon]

And people were telling me how awesome Parallels was. Right, I see that now

[etienne]

Actually quite impressive. Never heard of parallels before. Thanks 😊

[ViableSolutions]

Stop this madness get that thing back to the shop m8. You don't need this torture 🤣😂🤣

[amirbahalegharn]

thnx for the video & all the extra info you gave us.

[odrea]

Nice video comparison! Interesting to see that vm are good only with old and hard to access games that are not on mac.

[sergestar]

I thought M1 macs have power of an rtx 3080 on they're graph is solution?

[gamersanditparadise]

Hey Steve, need urgent help. Bought the 2021 Zephyrus S17 with i9 11900H, ran awesomely for a week with its cooling and overclocked it to the max with no problem thanks to liquid metal, until I flashed the most recent bios and it got bricked. The bios update ran upto 75% and then the screen went black. Rebooting just repeats the same cycle. Any idea on how to fix this, don't want to go through replacement etc due to chip shortages.

[ccallaghan]

Intriguing results, Stephen. I'm half curious to see where the M1 Pro/Max fit performance wise with normal gaming laptops (for games that support MacOS). I've been more impressed with the MBP14 M1 than I was with the MBA M1 last year. Cheers, mate.

[artursilva]

Very cool and informative video!! This isn´t definetely a gaming laptop, and this nails the fact for leaving these laptops for professional creators. But with this hardware potential, who knows where Apple will go next?

[blacriderv]

Man that small package SoC integrating a GPU equivalent of a 3060 is mind blowing ! Apple really did a outstanding job there !

[bfish]

Macs in general are very obviously for creators or light media browsing for people not super interested in real gaming. It's really a question of use case. Mac if your necessary programs are optimized for it and you're willing to pay a premium for the hardware, windows for literally everyone else including gamers.

[jaysmith]

Can I use something similar to play Cyberpunk on my ZX81? Only joking. I'm still using an Atari 400. 😢

[pauldunecat]

Going to give Crossover a try next? I use it to play SWTOR on my M1 mini. :-)

[TallyHoTech]

You should try Crossover. Parallels sux for gaming

[albinogator]

Mac sucks but still interesting they are trying! Way too overpriced.