Fusion won't support VMs running across different architectures, for example. The company does note, however, that VMWare Fusion is still a work in progress on Apple Silicon Macs, and there are some limitations to the support. 'While it is a little early, and things on Apple silicon don't always behave like we're used to on Intel, we're thrilled to be able to share the work we've been doing to prepare support for Windows 11 virtual machines on Fusion, for both Intel and Apple silicon Macs.'Īlong with Windows 11 support on Apple Silicon machines, the new tech preview also includes VMtools installation for Windows 11 on M1, improved Linux support on M1, 3D Graphics HW Acceleration and OpenGL 4.3 in Linux VMs, and more. VMWare says that it's looking for user feedback as it 'irons out kinks' and prepares for more formal support later in 2022. The latest update to VMWare Fusion is now available to test out as a free technology preview on the company's website. Using WINE, Windows applications can be run on computers that use UBUNTU as their operating system which means that WordSmith can be opened and used in a Linux setting.Although ARM versions of Windows itself aren't available on Macs with M1 or M2 chips, users will be able to download and use Windows 11 on Apple Silicon Macs using the VMWare Fusion virtualization software. You may find Wine (see below) useful as an alternative way of running Windows on a Mac, too. (I use it for running different Windows versions.) Both of these have the advantage of keeping Mac OS visible while Windows is running so you can use both at the same time. Another alternative (free) is Oracle's VirtualBox which I find good. Pierfranca Forchini of the Catholic University of Milan finds VM Fusion (about US$50.00 in the US) works best for her as Windows software like WordSmith works alongside the Mac OS software. Music: Summer - Bensound Support by RFM - NCM: This video and the others show WordSmith 8 running under Parallels on a Mac.

Parallels lets you use both your Mac and Windows.

You need a copy of Windows but can install it on a Mac alongside the Mac operating system.

Virtualbox alternative for m1 mac