Desktop hypervisor specialist Parallels has released an early technology preview of code that allows virtual machines running OSes coded for the x86_64 architecture, such as Microsoft Windows, to run on Apple’s Arm-powered silicon.
The preview arrived in version 20.2 of Parallels Desktop, and is capable of running 64-bit x86 OSes and their 64-bit or 32-bit applications. The developer reckons peeps want this, either to run and test 32-bit x86 Windows apps in a native environment, or as an alternative to running x86_64 Linux VMs on Apple’s Rosetta emulator.
Parallels warns the tool is “slow, really slow.”
“Windows boot time is about two to seven minutes, based on your hardware,” advises a…