Windows 10/11 do have an ARM version but Microsoft does not sell a license to end users for it nor do they support it on Apple Silicon processors. Neither Windows 7 nor Windows Server have versions that run on ARM architecture devices. but any applications you have will need to be recompiled on those versions to run.
Any operating system that runs under the Fusion Tech Preview on Apple Silicon (M1, etc.) has to be an ARM architecture (arm64/aarch64), not Intel.īoth Ubuntu and Kali have arm64/aarch64 versions that run on M1. Second, any VMs that you have created under Fusion on an Intel Mac will not and will never run on an M1 Mac. The Windows 10 to 11 update was free, but who knows what will happen next time.First you will have to run the Fusion Tech Preview for Apple Silicon to run any virtual machines on the M1 Mac. However, next time Microsoft does a major OS update - like to Windows 12 for example - no one knows how that will work at this point. Don't believe if you have a legal key to do the Windows activation it expires. But if the program is that important - especially for work - I would try to borrow/rent a M1 Mac that has Parallels/Windows 11ARM already installed.Īs far as your other questions - and I am far from a Windows expert at this point in my computer life - I believe you can turn off automatic updates.
It will run - including printing what I need - under Windows 11 ARM if I keep the screen resolution in Windows below the maximum resolution (strange huh). It did not work properly trying on Crossover - well the program and its databases would open but I could not print reports and billing notices. The program "ran" on Windows 10 for ARM and now on Windows 11 for ARM. I was warned about going the M1 Mac route - but I have a second iMac that I could use if it didn't work out.
It is Lotus Approach (which IBM discontinued updating years ago.) I have also one older program that I need to do bookkeeping and billing for a few organizations.
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