can we install windows software on Mac mini (M1 chip)

Nope, see> Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp Assistant - Apple Support

Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

Dave Dahle wrote:

You would need to use Parallels or VMWare Fusion to do that.

Neither of which has a version that can run Intel Windows

on an M1 yet.

VMWare has zero. Parallels supposedly has a public beta

that according to rumors can only run ARM based flavors

of Linux and the developers version of ARM Windows which

you need to be a Microsoft developer to get.

Good to know. Hadn't realized.

I have a M1 Mac mini sitting on my desk that has been little more than an expensive paperweight due to usability issues with Big Sur. Latest hiccup is that it will not recognize my APPLE wired keyboard, and I'm not going to buy a cheap USB keyboard only for THAT to become a paperweight once the latest issues are fixed in the next? update.

Bandy72 wrote:

how can i install a windows program (hold manager 3) on mac mini with M1? thank you

Check Codeweavers Crossover app. (https://www.codeweavers.com).

They have M1 compatible version and supposedly packages the Windows

apps to run via Apple's Rosetta 2 translator.

Check their data base to see if your app is compatible.

You would need to use Parallels or VMWare Fusion to do that.

how can i install a windows program (hold manager 3) on mac mini with M1? thank you