VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
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VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
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Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#2Reading the VMWare blog was a little confusing. Parallels announced support for running windows on M1 a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.parallels.com/news/press-releases/show/2021-pd16...
With Parallels, it's an "insider Preview", so it appears the limiting factor is Windows releasing a finished version of the OS that includes an emulation layer that works well enough on apple silicon that it's not a preview? Is that vmware's issue?
Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#3Reading the VMWare blog was a little confusing. Parallels announced support for running windows on M1 a couple of weeks ago: https://www.parallels.com/news/press-releases/show/2021-pd16... With Parallels, it's an "insider Preview", so it appears the limiting factor is Windows releasing a finished version of the OS that includes an emulation layer that works well enough on apple silicon that it's not a preview? Is tha…
Parallels is owned by Corel, not Microsoft.
Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#4Reading the VMWare blog was a little confusing. Parallels announced support for running windows on M1 a couple of weeks ago: https://www.parallels.com/news/press-releases/show/2021-pd16... With Parallels, it's an "insider Preview", so it appears the limiting factor is Windows releasing a finished version of the OS that includes an emulation layer that works well enough on apple silicon that it's not a preview? Is tha…
> Since MS owns Parallels, ...
Corel owns Parallels, not Microsoft.
Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#5Reading the VMWare blog was a little confusing. Parallels announced support for running windows on M1 a couple of weeks ago: https://www.parallels.com/news/press-releases/show/2021-pd16... With Parallels, it's an "insider Preview", so it appears the limiting factor is Windows releasing a finished version of the OS that includes an emulation layer that works well enough on apple silicon that it's not a preview? Is tha…
> Since MS owns Parallels, ... Corel owns Parallels, not Microsoft.
Conversely, the VM product line that Microsoft acquired is Virtual PC (though they did not buy out Connectix as a whole).
Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#6Reading the VMWare blog was a little confusing. Parallels announced support for running windows on M1 a couple of weeks ago: https://www.parallels.com/news/press-releases/show/2021-pd16... With Parallels, it's an "insider Preview", so it appears the limiting factor is Windows releasing a finished version of the OS that includes an emulation layer that works well enough on apple silicon that it's not a preview? Is tha…
> Since MS owns Parallels, ... Corel owns Parallels, not Microsoft.
corrected, thank you
Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#7Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#8Reading the VMWare blog was a little confusing. Parallels announced support for running windows on M1 a couple of weeks ago: https://www.parallels.com/news/press-releases/show/2021-pd16... With Parallels, it's an "insider Preview", so it appears the limiting factor is Windows releasing a finished version of the OS that includes an emulation layer that works well enough on apple silicon that it's not a preview? Is tha…
Preview ended. Now fully released. https://www.parallels.com/pd/general/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6_2k...
Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#9They are planning to release a preview version this year with support for ARM VMs only, the priority will be for Linux, as Microsoft didn't release an official Windows ARM version yet.
Re: VMware Fusion will not support x86 emulation on Apple Silicon
#10This wasn’t a surprise—VMware doesn’t have any other products that do x86 emulation, and it’s pretty clear that desktop virtualization (Fusion and Workstation) is not a high corporate priority. (Seriously, go to vmware.com and tell me if that looks like a company that sells desktop software).
Developing an x86 emulator with enough compatibility (and speed) to support all x86 software is not something VMware’s going to do for a side project. Especially since they still have to support Intel and ARM virtualization as well.