Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp

[Karlston]

Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp

It’s up to Microsoft to change that

Apple will start switching its Macs to its own ARM-based processors later this year, but you won’t be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on them. Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to PC makers to preinstall on new hardware, and the company hasn’t made copies of the operating system available for anyone to license or freely install.

 

“Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to OEMs,” says a Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Verge. We asked Microsoft if it plans to change this policy to allow Boot Camp on ARM-based Macs, and the company says “we have nothing further to share at this time.”

 

Apple has been working closely with Microsoft to ensure Office is ready for ARM-based Macs later this year, but the company didn’t mention its lack of Boot Camp support at WWDC. It’s possible that both companies are still working toward some sort of support, but that would require Microsoft to open up its Windows 10 on ARM licensing more broadly.

VMWare Fushion.

Other methods to run Windows on ARM-based Macs could include virtualization using apps like VMWare or Parallels, but these won’t be supported by Apple’s Rosetta 2 translation technology. Virtual machine apps will need to be fully rebuilt for ARM-based Macs, and it’s not immediately clear if that’s even a workable solution or whether VMWare, Parallels, and others will commit to building these apps. VMWare has asked its community about how they would use its Fusion virtualization on ARM-based Macs, but there’s no commitment to building the app just yet.

 

So the Windows situation on ARM-based Macs looks complicated at best and impossible at worst. The best hope is that Microsoft changes its strict licensing model for ARM-based Macs, but it would still require Apple to create Windows on ARM drivers for its future Mac hardware.

 

Given the small percentage of macOS users that actually use Boot Camp and the roughly 100 million install base of Macs, running Windows 10 on ARM natively on Apple’s ARM-based Macs isn’t something we’re likely to see anytime soon or maybe ever at all.

 

 

Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp

 

[steven36]

If you want to run windows  why would you even bother to buy a Mac  ?  Most people never buy macs  that use Windows  if they did they would be more Mac users than Windows. Even if you use Linux why would you ?  Windows  hardware is cheaper  than  Apple and Linux  computers , Just buy a knock off that look like a MAC  install e  OS and dual boot  it lookslike  Mac OS  without being locked down  to  Apple  . That why not many mac users that use Windows  . They right many Linux users that also use MAC .  But they many DE  on Linux  like Gnome so   there more  use to everything  being backassward  . Were  i used  only windows up tell 2015  i never liked  DEs that looked like MAC   .  If you want  to  use Windows buy Windows hardware  and support Windows or if you want to use Linux on it still you helped out Microsoft . But Apple is a out for themselves  company. Google and Microsoft  does  lots for Opensource   and Apple does  nothing so  you should expect no less out of them it's a rich mans that's out for themselves  computer .

[Karlston]

Microsoft is not releasing Windows 10 for ARM to new macOS Apple Silicon-based users

 

Apple users will soon be able to run iPad and iPhone apps natively on their new Apple Silicon ARM-based Macs, but it seems one operating system they will not be able to run is Windows, as Microsoft has declined to offer Windows 10 for ARM for the new ARM-based Macs.

 

Normally if you want to use Windows 10 on your macOS laptop or PC via Bootcamp you need licensed install media for the OS, which is easy for the normal Windows 10, but Microsoft does not provide a boxed or downloadable version of Windows 10 for ARM, and it seems they are not planning to make an exception now.

 

A Microsoft spokesperson told the Verge:

“Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to OEMs. We have nothing further to share at this time.”

If you want to run Windows 10 on your new Mac you may need a remote desktop solution, as other forms of virtualization such as Parraleles will need to be recompiled for the new processor and may not work effectively, which would be a particular issue for those who use Bootcamp for gaming on the Mac.

 

Of course, they could always play all those amazing iPad games…

 

 

Microsoft is not releasing Windows 10 for ARM to new macOS Apple Silicon-based users