Completing my part of the thread: Just migrated to a 16GB/1TB 14"M1 Macbook Pro, upgraded to Parallels Version 17.1.0 (51516), installed the W11 for Arm from the Windows Insider Program Windows11_InsiderPreview_Client_ARM64_en-us_22598. I then installed Altium Designer (fairly sophisticated/heavyweight Electronic CAD S/W), and It Just Worked.
It works remarkably well with no hassles whatsoever- it is almost as if it is intended to be a product one day! Total time to get the installation running: 2 hours, mostly download time. Who knew? Here's an existence proof: this pretty beefy Wintel CAD S/W can be made to work on M1/Parallels.
I can't comment on the performance on any absolute scale. It is more than adequate for my needs. For me, the fact that it works at all without having to sacrifice a chicken is wonderful, and the fact that it is *at least an order of magnitude* faster than W10/Parallels on my old 2010 2.4GHz MBP is icing on a very grateful cake. YMMV, of course. So that's my current story. I'm still gonna keep Ol' Paint around, though.
It works remarkably well with no hassles whatsoever- it is almost as if it is intended to be a product one day! Total time to get the installation running: 2 hours, mostly download time. Who knew? Here's an existence proof: this pretty beefy Wintel CAD S/W can be made to work on M1/Parallels.
I can't comment on the performance on any absolute scale. It is more than adequate for my needs. For me, the fact that it works at all without having to sacrifice a chicken is wonderful, and the fact that it is *at least an order of magnitude* faster than W10/Parallels on my old 2010 2.4GHz MBP is icing on a very grateful cake. YMMV, of course. So that's my current story. I'm still gonna keep Ol' Paint around, though.
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