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

can we use Windows software on Mac mini (M1 chip) new model.

Posted on Feb 28, 2021 9:56 AM

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Posted on Feb 28, 2021 10:35 AM

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


Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

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Feb 28, 2021 11:46 AM in response to Dave Dahle

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.


Feb 28, 2021 5:31 PM in response to woodmeister50

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.

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

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