{"id":32308,"date":"2021-04-30T17:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=32308"},"modified":"2021-04-30T17:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:14:04","slug":"vmware-fusion-on-apple-silicon-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/vmware-fusion-on-apple-silicon-later-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware Fusion on Apple Silicon Later This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

VMware<\/a> (tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\n

However, for those that need to run another operating system like Linux or Windows, Rosetta 2 doesn’t<\/em> support Virtualization, and Apple silicon Macs don’t support Boot Camp<\/a>. That means it’s time for us to innovate and rebuild our beloved desktop hypervisor for Macs, VMware Fusion, to support the next generation of Apple hardware.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Even with that said, and note that I’m using ‘debug’ builds which perform slower, in my 12 years at VMware I’ve never seen VMs boot and run like this.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

And as far as we are aware, there is no way to buy a Windows 10 ARM license for a Mac with Apple silicon.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

So, to be a bit blunt, running x86 operating systems on Apple silicon is not something we are planning to deliver with this project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So no testing older versions of macOS, either.<\/p>\n

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That said, the team is planning to deliver a Public Tech Preview of VMware Fusion for macOS on Apple silicon before the end of this year, and we can’t wait to get it in the hands of every Apple silicon Mac owner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n