VMs on iMac M3 24

I have an old iMac running OS 10.7. If I update to a new M3 iMac 24 just wondering if I can run a VM with the old Mac software?

Thanks

GrahGray

iMac (M3, 2023)

Posted on Feb 29, 2024 5:46 PM

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Rudegar

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Mar 1, 2024 12:40 AM in response to GrayGrayB

no, a virtual machine is not an emulator so you can only run virtual machines that is made for the same type of cpu as the computer has, the m3 is arm based so you can only run macos's that are made for the arm cpu, same with windows and linux virtual machines.

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