

The final release is expected soon, but with that final release comes something that the tech preview doesn’t have: a price tag. While that support didn’t come nearly as fast as Parallels, it is at least here in tech preview at least.

VMware Fusion is now available as a private tech preview for M1 Macs, with users able to request access through an online form. Now maybe VMware has some grand plan to bring Windows support to a future beta. It’s probably not surprising that VMware Fusion would also add support for M1 Macs. Thursday Septem7:51 am PDT by Joe Rossignol.
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And I will be among them as I need the ability to run Windows 10 and occasionally Windows 7 virtual machines to troubleshoot customer issues and test things like malware in ways that are risk free. Installation procedure is quite similar, you dont have. Roy said that he could boot seven Arm-based VMstwo command. VMware Fusion delivers the best way to run Windows on the Mac, and the ultimate development and testing tool for building apps to run on any platform.
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My M1 MBP does the same in VMWare fusion with same fedora but ARM version in about 6 minutes. We have installed VMware Fusion Player v 10.1.6 which is more compatible with the our MacBook Pro. The next major update to VMware Fusion is set to support Linux-based operating systems, and that progress appears to be going well. Surprisingly snappy, spinning Fedora 34 on it in VMware Workstation from DVD iso took 13 minutes. If VMware decides not to bring support for Windows to Fusion and work out something with Microsoft, you can expect a massive defection to Parallels who either have worked out a deal with Microsoft, or simply don’t care. It is about the size of 2.5 external SSD enclosure. We also ship components as open source, and that takes more time.- Michael Roy September 9, 2021 IT professionals, developers and businesses choose VMware Fusion desktop hypervisors for unmatched OS support, rock-solid stability and advanced features. Just so we're clear… our intentional decision to not fully support Windows is _entirely_ driven by the fact you can't actually run Windows on ARM on a Mac and still be in compliance with their EULA.
