According to the latest report, Microsoft has confirmed that running Windows 11 on Apple’s M1 processor is not a supported solution. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed this to The Register, the official version of the system will be launched in less than a month, and is currently continuing to adjust the preview code for Windows Insiders through development and testing channels.
Parallels Desktop, one of the most popular virtualization tools, recently launched version 17, which can be used to run the Windows 11 beta on Apple M1, but suddenly, the development version started to have hardware compatibility errors when using the software. Fortunately, this has been fixed in Parallels Desktop 17.0.1, but there is no guarantee that similar things will not happen again, especially considering Microsoft’s unsupported situation position.
The Register asked Parallels what it did to make the Windows 11 preview run on M1, but they did not give an explanation. The Register asked Microsoft if it supports running Windows 11 on Parallels’ M1 Mac, and was told that this is not supported, and running the operating system directly on the hardware is also not supported. Therefore, it seems that the only way to ensure running Windows 11 is to prepare a fully compatible PC to install the operating system.
