Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp

guest · Jun 25, 2020

Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp
It’s up to Microsoft to change that
June 24, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/24/21302213/apple-silicon-mac-arm-windows-support-boot-camp

Apple will start switching its Macs to its own ARM-based processors later this year, but you won’t be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on them. Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to PC makers to preinstall on new hardware, and the company hasn’t made copies of the operating system available for anyone to license or freely install.

“Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to OEMs,” says a Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Verge.
It’s possible that both companies are still working toward some sort of support, but that would require Microsoft to open up its Windows 10 on ARM licensing more broadly.
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Other methods to run Windows on ARM-based Macs could include virtualization using apps like VMWare or Parallels, but these won’t be supported by Apple’s Rosetta 2 translation technology. Virtual machine apps will need to be fully rebuilt for ARM-based Macs, and it’s not immediately clear if that’s even a workable solution for Windows on ARM or whether VMWare, Parallels, and others will commit to building these apps with Windows support.

So the Windows situation on ARM-based Macs looks complicated at best and impossible at worst
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guest · Jun 26, 2020

mood said: ↑

Apple’s new ARM-based Macs won’t support Windows through Boot Camp June 24, 2020
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Updated (June 25, 2020):

Update, June 25th 7:45AM ET: Article updated with comment from an Apple VP confirming Boot Camp will not be available on ARM-based Macs.
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Apple confirms Boot Camp won’t feature on ARM Macs
June 25, 2020
https://www.cultofmac.com/715395/boot-camp-not-supported-arm-macs/

Apple has confirmed that Boot Camp, the tool that allows Mac users to boot into Windows, will not be available on upcoming machines powered by custom ARM chips. Users will need to rely on virtualization software instead.
No Boot Camp for ARM-powered Macs
“We’re not direct booting an alternate operating system,” said Craig Federighi , Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, during an interview with John Gruber this week. “Purely virtualization is the route.”
Virtualization the way forward
If you must run Windows apps on an ARM Mac, then, you’ll need to use an app like Parallels or VMWare Fusion, which put Windows in a container inside macOS — assuming these apps are updating to run on Apple Silicon.

“These hypervisors can be very efficient, so the need to direct boot shouldn’t really be the concern,” Federighi added, and that might be true for most Windows apps. But virtualization isn’t suitable for intensive apps, like games.
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And most Mac users won’t miss it, but those who have found Boot Camp to be crucial to their workflows will need to look into other solutions — or avoid Apple Silicon altogether.
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