Windows runs on the Mac just as it would on a PC. To switch between Windows and macOS, you have to reboot. RELATED: How the Mac Will Switch From Intel to Apple's Own ARM Chips Do M1 and M2 Macs Support Boot Camp?Īpple’s Intel Macs include a feature called “ Boot Camp” that lets you install Windows directly on your Mac.
Those apps will run even faster after they’ve been updated to support Apple Silicon.īut what about apps that aren’t Mac apps? Apple There’s a bit of a slowdown due to the translation, but the M1 and M2 chips are so fast that they seem to perform just as well as they did on Intel Macs. Your existing Mac apps will run just fine even if they haven’t been upgraded to support Apple Silicon. (The M2 is the successor to the M1, and it’s in the same situation with regards to Windows applications.)Īpple built into a translation system named Rosetta 2, and it lets these new Macs run Mac applications designed for Intel Macs. This is a custom ARM chip that has more in common with the chips built into iPhones and iPads than the Intel CPUs found in existing Macs. Boot Camp is free (Parallels is a paid app), and running virtual machines means poorer performance.Why the M1 and M2 Chips Are a Problem For Windows SoftwareĪpple’s M1 chip is the first Apple Silicon chip used in Macs. However, this isn't quite the same as using Boot Camp for two reasons. However, Boot Camp will continue to work on macOS Big Sur for Macs running on Intel processors.įortunately, there's a workaround and that's to use virtualisation software like Parallels – which, incidentally, announced that it's coming to Macs running Apple Silicon – and run Windows. Big Sur was built from the ground-up to run on Apple Silicon.Īnd now, according to reports, one big feature that will be missing from Macs running on Apple Silicon and macOS Big Sur is the inability to use Boot Camp.įor the uninitiated, Boot Camp is a feature that allowed Macs to dual boot Windows OSes. They also announced a new OS called macOS Big Sur to facilitate the transition. Apple switched from Motorola 68k processors to PowerPC in 1994 and then again from PowerPC to Intel in 2005. It's a huge move for Apple but it isn't without precedent. Yesterday, Apple announced that its Macs will move away from Intel processors and transition to its own processors.Īpple hasn't given its custom Mac processors a name yet but it is referring to them as Apple Silicon. Macs running Apple Silicon will not be able to Boot Camp to Windows
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