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…s is likely your best best if you need to launch your virtual machine quickly with minimum changes. It is also likely your only real option for Windows VM’s due to the fact there is no commercially available version of Windows (yet) that can be purchased to run on ARM.

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James Cundle

Olaf Schlüter
Jan 18, 2022

That's not accurate.

Parallels Desktop allows you to install Windows 11 on ARM by downloading the image from the MS servers. It can be activated with any valid W7/8/10/11 license key. There is no architecture dependence in the license keys. I installed W11 on M1 in Parallels Desktop using by using a spare W8 license key lying around.

So effectivel you can "buy" Windows 11 on ARM and run it in Parallels Desktop on the M1.

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Olaf Schlüter
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IT security specialist, Physicist by education, believing in God as for the exceptional harmony of the laws of nature to create and support life.

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Jan 18, 2022

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At the time of writing (January 2022), I consider my statement accurate and I recommend you re-read the context around ‘commercially available’.
Just because you can do it, it does not make it legal.

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