Windows on Mac | 2 options tested

There are two options to run Windows on a Mac. In this video I show how to set up both, and then run some tests of dev tools, as well as some general comparisons.

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00:00 intro
00:45 intel mac setup
02:55 apple silicon mac setup
08:40 dev tools tests
11:15 further comparisons

#windowsonmac #parallels #bootcamp

[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.

[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

[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.

[moow]

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.

[SwissPGO]

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

[brunosanmartin]

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

[JeffP]

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.

[oscar]

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

[zaidyounas]

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

[Geek-zlbs]

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 !!

[ShawnSonnentag]

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

[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

[techtarzan]

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

[RSV]

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

[tomas-]

What about running a windows server on GCP and connecting with the mac?

[ajcroteau]

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...

[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.

[bryans]

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.

[sdutango]

You can access the mac drive on windows vice versa as a direct drive. You need Paragon or Texura

[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