When will bootcamp come to M1 macs?

So which is it, Microsoft has spent a ton of time creating a developer preview for an ARM-based Windows, or "they have no intention of releasing Windows for ARM. Ever."?

A developer preview isn't something you spent time creating if you have no intention of an ultimate release.

johntdowney wrote:

So which is it, Microsoft has spent a ton of time creating a developer preview for an ARM-based Windows, or "they have no intention of releasing Windows for ARM. Ever."?

A developer preview isn't something you spent time creating if you have no intention of an ultimate release.

Microsoft's new Surface computers runs Windows ARM. Microsoft has not made Windows ARM available as a production release and you can not purchase it other than with it already installed on a Surface computer.

If you have an issue with Microsoft's operating system development and marketing process you can contact Microsoft.

Kinyen wrote:

You couldn't be more wrong. I've been running dual-boot Linux on every Intel Mac I've ever owned.

The question was about Boot Camp. Boot Camp has never supported Linux. Boot Camp is specifically for Windows on non M1 Macs.

Boot Camp is nothing more than a sophisticated partition manager (with some added features that are optional, i.e making a pre-packaged Windows installer with the proper Mac drivers); that's it -- so to say it doesn't support Linux is like saying your dining room table doesn't support the use of paper plates. Since the most common use is to run Windows natively on Intel hardware, Apple has added a ton of niceties to make it easier, including downloading and installing drivers for the Apple-unique hardware. I can just as easily boot an Intel Mac from a Linux installer CD/DVD and use its partition manager to move the MacOS partition around (I've done this countless times).

As for the support, I have first-hand confirmation from Apple that any modern OS can be used from a secondary partition (be it created via Bootcamp or MS-DOS's FDISK). The meat of the whole operation is whether or not the OS can identify the Mac hardware and load the appropriate drivers (which up until around 2018 or so has become more challenging).

I've installed several Linux distros on my Intel Mac Mini last year. You don't need Bootcamp for it.

And in January it was reported that someone has successfully installed Ubuntu on an M1 Mac. By now I've heard of at least another version of Linux running on M1 Macs.

What about for running linux?

There's no reason to believe it will ever happen.

There's No Windows for Arm Macs Yet Because Microsoft Has Secret Exclusivity Deal With Qualcomm

That is sooo heartbreaking hey. Spent to much on the M! thinking I could use windows. In Namibia so no return policy

Bootcamp on Intel Macs doesn't support Linux, why should Apple bother with it on M1 Macs?

Honestly I think BOOTCAMP can come back because you can download arm64 versions of windows in the insider program of Microsoft. Other then that it is not possible for now.

Microsoft has publicly stated that they have no intention of releasing Windows for ARM to the public.

Hmmm... explain Surface Pro X.

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The original question was, "when". I mostly aim to point out Microsoft seems to be positioning an offering since the insider build also supports other Qualcomm chipsets as well.