If I switched to a Windows gaming laptop, what are my options for running macOS in a VM?

[4743913]

If I switched to a Windows gaming laptop, what are my options for running macOS in a VM? Can this still be done reliably? I would be OK with Catalina or Big Sur. Can someone point me to a guide? Thanks in advance.

 

[Ethrem]

Google Big Sur VMware. First result. Don’t want to post a link here just in case it isn’t allowed but it’s on the wikigain site. Pretty straightforward process and okay performance. I used mine to sign IPAs for sideloading with Xcode and iOS App Signer and it was decent enough.

 

[maflynn]

The last time I did it, the process wasn't terribly difficult. It was involved but not hard, though performance was significantly poorer. Surprisingly so, where as vmare has drivers to optimize the the performance for windows (and linux I suppose), no such optimizations exist for macOS and I was surprised at how pokey it was

 

[Ethrem]

The last time I did it, the process wasn't terribly difficult. It was involved but not hard, though performance was significantly poorer. Surprisingly so, where as vmare has drivers to optimize the the performance for windows (and linux I suppose), no such optimizations exist for macOS and I was surprised at how pokey it was

VMware with the unlocker tool adds macOS drivers. It’s not anywhere close to native and it does nothing for the slow graphics but it’s not totally unusable.

 

[LeeW]

As others have said, it is not the best experience. If you are thinking of relying on it to do regular work then pretty much don't, you really won't enjoy using macOS that way.

 

[kryten2]

Running old macOS on old junk.

 

[codewrangler]

For that scenario, Probably VMWare...if it was reversed and you wanted to run Windows 10/11 under macOS, then Parallels is probably the best...