They create a tutorial to run Windows 10 and Linux on a Mac with an M1 chip using virtualization

With the arrival of M1 processors in Apple laptops and the commitment to ARM architecture instead of the one offered by Intel, users who until then used Windows on the Mac platform making use of Some of the available tools ran into a problem: Wouldn't be able to run Windows natively

A jug of cold water that made Apple say that it was Microsoft's job to make that interaction between both platforms possible again.And although it is very soon, we already have news about it, the result of the enthusiastic work of some users who have managed to boot Windows 10 and Linux from a Mac with an ARM heart and even have created a tutorial to explain how make it happen

Virtualized Windows

The theory that it would be possible to boot Windows or standard Linux distributions on a Mac with an ARM processor was there, since Windows is no stranger to ARM processors, just as Linux is not. And from theory they have come to practice and have managed to make it a reality and even prepare a tutorial to explain how to carry it out

You have to remember that neither Windows 10 nor Linux can be installed or run natively on new Apple computers with SoC M1 and the solution At the moment, it is going to make use of virtualization: Parallels will have a version for Mac with M1 soon and they have confirmed the same from VMWare.

So far, various developers have managed to boot Windows 10 and Linux on an ARM-based Mac using virtualization One of They are Alexander Graf (_AlexGraf on Twitter), an Amazon engineer at AWS (Amazon Web Services), has used the open source machine virtualizer and emulator QEMU, to add compatibility with Apple's ARM architecture.

This user has created the necessary patches of the Hypervisor framework in the QEMU code base to run Linux and Windows 10, so that almost all basic functions are executable , such as audio and network. In addition, he has made it possible to run x86 applications in the Windows 10 virtual machine, thanks to the WoW emulation layer for ARM64.

This has been the first step, but several developers have joined it (one of them is the popular @imbushuo) who have corrected some errors and also have facilitated the process for installing of a virtualized instance of Linux or Windows 10 on a Mac with ARM.

This virtualization does not remove the core operating system, macOS Big Sur, and allows you to safely try Windows 10 or Linux To make it more attractive They have developed a tutorial that you have at the beginning of the post. A first step to bring to Apple's silicone the possibility of using Windows again.

Via | XDA Developers Images | @imbushuo on Twitter and _AlexGraf on Twitter