Is the copy of windows 10 included with the purchase of am iMac?

No. You have to buy Windows from Microsoft.

Nope. And if your iMac purchase (despite your profile) is an M1 24-in iMac, then you can't run Windows 10 (or Windows 11 production) on it by any means, not even in a Virtual Machine.

6x6 wrote:

VikingOSX wrote:

not even in a Virtual Machine.

Parallels (https://www.parallels.com) should work on an M1 Mac, shouldn't it?

Parallels works but as VikingOSX said, there is not a production version of Windows that will work on a M1 Mac, even in Parallels.

VikingOSX wrote:

not even in a Virtual Machine.

Parallels (https://www.parallels.com) should work on an M1 Mac, shouldn't it?

I understand the point now: The requirement on Parallels is that Windows be an ARM-version, which is only available with the Windows Insider Program, i.e. it is not a production version.

Thanks for pointing that out !!!