He went on to say that “the Macs are certainly very capable of it.” But highlighted it will “really be up to Microsoft.”Īs for Windows running natively on the machine, “that’s really up to Microsoft,” he said.

However, in a new Ars Technica interview, Craig Federighi shared an interesting comment about the “core technologies” being in place on Apple Silicon Macs to natively run Windows. And Parallels just announced today that it has a version of its Windows virtualization software in the works that has M1 compatibility. In the meantime, we’ve seen apps like CrossOver bring support for Windows apps on Apple Silicon Macs via emulation. And previously, Microsoft said it didn’t have any news to share when The Verge asked about it making a change to allow Boot Camp on ARM Macs. Now in a new in-depth interview, Apple’s VP of software engineering Craig Federighi has said that the ARM version of Windows could run natively on Apple Silicon Macs, but it will be up to Microsoft.Ī little background of the pickle with Windows on M1 Macs is that Microsoft’s current licensing doesn’t allow its ARM version of Windows 10 to be used by Apple (since it’s not preinstalled). While the transition to Apple Silicon has been impressively smooth overall for the first M1 Macs, a big lingering question is what Windows support will look like as Boot Camp is not supported on the new generation of Macs.

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