Boot camp for Apple M1 chip

Can you download windows on MacBook Air M1 chips?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.1

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 10:02 PM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2023 1:34 AM

no


the new cpu from apple used the ARM cpu architecture where the version of windows microsoft

sells rely on the intel x86/x64 cpu architecture


if you want to know more

Apple:

It's Really Up to Microsoft to Make Windows Work on M1-Based Macs | Tom's

Hardware (tomshardware.com)


if windows is mission critical fore you sell the macbook and get one with an intel cpu


some of the virtual machines like parallels and wmware claim to support running windows in a virtual machine using their program on apple silicon macs

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Jan 26, 2023 1:34 AM in response to Sharonicole

no


the new cpu from apple used the ARM cpu architecture where the version of windows microsoft

sells rely on the intel x86/x64 cpu architecture


if you want to know more

Apple:

It's Really Up to Microsoft to Make Windows Work on M1-Based Macs | Tom's

Hardware (tomshardware.com)


if windows is mission critical fore you sell the macbook and get one with an intel cpu


some of the virtual machines like parallels and wmware claim to support running windows in a virtual machine using their program on apple silicon macs

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