![]() On top of that, general performance when using Windows on the MacBook Air was pretty sluggish to say the least. ![]() On top of that, you should note that games with anti-cheat software or copyright protection such as Vanguard and Denuvo will also not work on Parallels this probably caused CS:GO to crash in the first place. That’s why we ended up benchmarking mostly older titles on our Windows MacBook Air. ![]() This means that most newer games will not run on your Mac via Parallels even if it works just fine on a regular Windows device. ![]() Regardless of what machine you’re running, Parallels currently does not support DirectX 12, only DirectX 11. In fact, if you’re thinking of getting Parallels mainly to play games on your MacBook, I’m going to stop you right there. Now I do want to say that we probably aren’t giving Parallels a fair chance here because they had suggested at least 16GB of RAM for gaming, but they did also say that it will run on a MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM anyway-just not great. Those that do run though should still be somewhat playable on lower resolutions, just expect some stuttering here and there. Because despite the help of Windows to help these games run, the games ran pretty rough, with some not even launching at all. I mean, if you could play games on the MacBook Air now, then do you really need a gaming PC anymore? With that in mind, I decided to try out a slew of older single player games together with a couple of eSports titles. The all aluminium unibody chassis, that 13.6-inch, Liquid Retina display and S-tier touchpad puts it comfortably ahead of most Windows laptops, with only the likes of the Microsoft Surface Laptop or the Dell XPS 13 lineups that could kinda compete with how premium Apple’s laptops are.Īnd with Parallels, you’re putting together the better operating system (sorry Tim) with some of the best hardware in the laptop scene. I mean, what’s there not to like? Despite my affinity for Windows, I can admit that compared to my old Realme Book or even the latest ultraportables around, the MacBook Air’s hardware is just much better. A MacBook Air on Windows sounds great right? I also set it up for as much performance as possible, which isn’t actually much because I’m using the 8GB MacBook Air I had it run Windows 11 with four CPU cores and 5.5GB of RAM. As for Parallels, I’m going with the Standard edition because it’s a single purchase the Pro and Business Editions of the program are subscription-only. It works more than fine out of the box, and is the cheapest laptop Cupertino offers with the M2 processor under the hood. As such, I went with the base model MacBook Air M2, with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. With all that in mind, I decided to take it out for a spin-but I didn’t want to spend too much either on the ‘Mac’ part of running Parallels. There’s also improved USB 3.0 support, better disk space control, simplified sharing options between the host MacBook and the Windows VM along with a supposedly better gaming experience. Parallels also claims that Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac has been optimised for Apple Silicon M-series chips, bringing compatibility with ProMotion displays on supported devices such as the MacBook Pro 14. This means you can have programs like the Microsoft Store and the Xbox App sitting next to Safari and Apple Music on your Dock. It’ll allow you to have Windows running either in windowed, full screen or picture-in-picture mode right off your laptop, and with its Coherence mode you can run Windows applications on your Mac as though they were native programs. It then automatically configures your machine for Windows, with up to 4 CPU cores and 8GB of RAM to be allocated for your virtual machine with more available in the more expensive Pro and Business editions of Parallels. They support Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise.Upon installation, the Parallels launch wizard will help guide you through the setup, asking you your intention behind using Parallels. Parallels has an easy installer for Windows and it can be licensed through the normal Windows 11 site: No you can't unless you are enrolled in the Microsoft's Windows Insider program. "You can get Windows onto an Apple Silicon MacBook Air." What I object to is the first sentence of the article. The integration between the two operating systems works extraordinarily well. I think the main takeaway is Microsoft won't go out of their way to break ARM64 installs if they aren't on computers with Qualcomm CPUs.Īgreed, the Parallels install and support for Windows 11 Insider Preview works very well. Parallels already had a simple install for Windows 11 Insider Preview ARM64 - super slick and super quick! ![]() There's a lot less to this announcement than is implied. That's not a generally available version. The only version that I am aware of is the Windows 11 Insider Preview ARM64. ![]()
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