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I personally switch over to my Boot Camp partition when I want play most games.īut gaming with x86 emulation on Windows ARM in a Parallels VM on an M1 Mac? That’s out of the question. But you can definitely tell it’s slower than native performance. No other virtualization platform even comes close. Beefy applications like SolidWorks run impressively well. That being said, it’s very good on Intel. It’s still GPU accelerated, but Parallels is forced to use main system memory for the translation rather than the GPU’s video RAM, which causes a pretty significant performance hit. Parallels does not have access to the graphics hardware directly (no Mac application does), so it has to dynamically re-package DirectX andOpenGL calls into Apple’s Metal API. Gaming was always a mixed bag with Parallels even on Intel Macs. Access, Visual Studio, and ArcGIS run acceptably well as far as I can tell, but until the Windows ecosystem sees more ARM-native applications, I no longer see Parallels as a viable option going forward. Running x86/圆4 programs in Windows goes through Microsoft’s translation layer inside the VM, which sadly is not as good as Apple’s.
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Unfortunately, from my limited experience and what I read, most of what you want to do is no longer possible on M1 Macs.įirst of all, Parallels can only run ARM-based versions of Windows 10 and 11. The only M1 Macs I have access to don’t belong to me, so I haven’t been able to run them through their paces.

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But full disclosure - they’re both Intel.
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I use Parallels on a 2019 iMac and a 2020 MacBook Pro all the time and I love it. I am a Windows sysadmin, so my workload is very similar to yours. If anyone owns a Parallels license and would kindly answer my questions, it would be awesome. I want answers like “yeah sure you can do that, but this is impossible” Question 5: How is the overall snappiness of a Parallels VM? Question 4: If Parallels emulates a GPU, does it get emulated on the physical CPU or using some sort of compute API on the physical GPU? Question 3: Does Parallels support DirectX 12? If so, does it support some sort of Nvidia RTX emulation? Question 2: Do Parallels graphics that are natively supported by Macs (such as OpenGL versions up to 4.1) get drawn on the physical GPU or on an emulated one? Question 1: What architecture is a Windows VM running in Parallels? That is, does Parallels emulate 圆4 Windows or ARM64 Windows? But if Windows 11 really needs DirectX 12, then how the heck is Parallels even booting up the VM? Or is this DirectX 12 requirement just there so people will buy more hardware and Microsoft will make more money? I read that Parallels tells Windows that it’s running on virtual hardware to stop it from doing the TPM 2 check. I cannot contact support because my parents don’t want me making an account on the Parallels website until the time comes when I have to buy it (for some strange reason). I have researched dozens of threads and websites belonging to Parallels, but no clear answer has been given. Assume that I have the maximum possible specs (64GB RAM, 8TB SSD, M1 Max, you get the picture)

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("Good solution" as in optimal for hardcore gaming, running Microsoft Access with gigantic databases, GPU-accelerated AI software, developing C++ software for Windows through the Windows API, etc). So I need to know if macOS running on M1 Max + Parallels is a good solution. Bulky Windows laptops with 13 minutes of battery life are just not suitable for me anymore. This info is critical for me to know, since Macs are the only computers that have the least flaws, at least for me. I have a few questions about Parallels that I would like answered before I buy a Mac.
