Any more Windows options other than Parallels?

addae145 wrote:

That’s what I figured. I’m reluctantly shopping for a PC laptop as we speak. The funny thing is that my Mac with the Intel chip ran this particular program better than a lot of my coworkers PC laptops!

there are others

Using a virtual Machine Software is much more convenient if running both operating systems at the same time, and switching/ sharing between them on the fly:

Fusion https://www.vmware.com/

Parallels Desktop https://www.parallels.com/p

Virtual box https://www.virtualbox.org/

ref to UTM

https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/72081-utm-virtual-machine-on-m1-mac/

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addae145 wrote:

That’s what I figured. I’m reluctantly shopping for a PC laptop as we speak. The funny thing is that my Mac with the Intel chip ran this particular program better than a lot of my coworkers PC laptops!

The supported ways to run Windows on Mac are with Windows 11 Arm and Parallels, and with Windows 365 Cloud PC:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/options-for-using-windows-11-with-mac-computers-with-apple-m1-m2-and-m3-chips-cd15fd62-9b34-4b78-b0bc-121baa3c568c

This if the apps work on Arm, or using the x86-64 emulation built into Windows Arm, or with Windows Cloud.

I wouldn’t be all that keen to run all of Windows x86-64 via emulation, as emulation adds far more overhead than does running virtualization alone. Emulation has to interpret the hardware instructions of the programs and the operating system, where virtualization (with few exceptions) doesn’t.

Windows Arm doesn’t need to emulate Windows itself, just the apps, which helps things.

The Intel Mac was probably higher-spec than the coworker’s PC.

addae145 wrote:

Are there any future plans to accommodate “Mac Loyalist” who are work-obligated to use programs that only run on windows? My company IT department needs me to Update my Intel Macbook to Windows 11. If I could find an option to purchase a new MacBook Pro I would do it.

Newer M series Macs will only run ARM versions of Windows in compatible virtual machines.

If your company requires you to run Windows programs, I suggest you get a Windows computer.

FWIW, I would not use a Mac in a corporate environment where all programs require Windows and the IT staff are trained on supporting Windows programs and computers.

Sage advice from BobTheFisherman, as always.