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Windows 10 and 11 for ARM will run well when virtualised, but not all Windows software runs in those ARM versions, and some vendors are very reluctant to let you know whether this would be feasible. For Linux, this is unlikely to be a problem as there are some good distros which run natively on ARM, which can then be virtualised well on an M1 Mac. They don’t run any Intel operating systems easily. Those Intel instructions can’t be translated by Rosetta, but should affect very few apps indeed.
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They can’t run Intel code which relies on some newer Intel instruction sets and processor features, such as AVX, AVX2, and AVX512 vector instructions.
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If software relies on a kernel extension, then that must be Universal, and contain full ARM code to perform the functions of that extension.

This is because Rosetta can’t translate kernel extensions at all.

Note that script-only apps are always run under Rosetta translation, which automatically signs their translated executable code, which allows you to run unsigned Intel code. Even your own AppleScript and Automator apps must be signed using at least an ad hoc signature. They can’t run any unsigned native (ARM) code, including command tools. Plug-ins which run out-of-process using XPC can, though, cross platform. The workaround for this is to set the whole app to be run in Rosetta, which allows it to load the Intel-only code, but it won’t then benefit from improvements in ARM performance, and can’t of course load ARM-only code. This is because translation applies to an entire process, including all the code modules which it might load dynamically. They can’t use some app plug-ins that are Intel-only unless the host app is run in Rosetta translation.

It seems most unlikely that this will ever be reliable, although in theory an Intel emulator could run them. Rosetta can’t translate those, nor can virtualisation environments running on M1 Macs run macOS 10.15 or earlier. They can’t run any version of macOS before Big Sur, even in a virtual machine, as those are built to run only on Intel processors. However, it has limitations which Apple explains in this article. macOS does include an excellent feature in Rosetta 2 which translates Intel code into ARM so that M1 series Macs can run a great deal which has been built for Intel Macs. There are several major differences between Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, of which the most important is that the latter use ARM rather than Intel processors. These may seem obvious, but I still get frequent questions from those who are asking the impossible, and hear of new M1 purchasers who are surprised when their new Mac won’t do what they wanted it to. However, if you want to run a native version of Linux outside a virtual machine, Asahi Linux will enable you to do so.īefore you commit yourself to buying or using an M1 series Mac, ensure that your use doesn’t include any of the following. Unless the situation with Microsoft changes in the future, there will never any equivalent to Boot Camp on Apple Silicon Macs.
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One obvious example is Boot Camp, which lets you install and use Windows natively on an Intel Mac. In some cases, they can’t do things that Intel Macs can do very well. M1 series Macs are without doubt some of the best computers that Apple has ever made, but being the best doesn’t make them ideal for everything.
