Windows 11 Pro in VMWare Fusion Pro 13.0.2

[Cromulent]

I have the pro license for VMWare Fusion Pro 13.0.2 and want to run Windows in it, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to buy the ARM version of Windows 11 Pro.

I can get the Intel version with no problem, but that obviously does not work. The only information I have found related to Parallels. Do I need to use Parallels instead?

Can someone offer some advice for me, please?

 

[Cromulent]

Figured it out. I downloaded the trial version of Parallels and started installing Windows 11 in it. This downloaded the ISO. Then I quit Parallels and deleted the virtual machine(s) and then uninstalled Parallels completely.

After that I just used the ISO in VMware Fusion Pro. One thing to note is that networking didn't work so I had to follow these instructions:

Fixing the no network issue with Windows 11 64-bit Arm on VMware Fusion 13 Apple Silicon (m1)

Recently VMware released VMware Fusion 13 which also runs on Apple Silicon. So for us Mac users we have now run Windows on our mac.In this post, I’ll explain how to get through the first step…

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Once that has been done you have a fully working install of Windows 11.

 

[Luna Murasaki]

When Windows was available with the same branding in both x86-32 and x86-64 builds, the product keys were agnostic and worked with either. I didn't think this had changed now that Windows is available instead in both x86-64 and ARM64 builds. I guess I don't really know for sure though. If I'm right then it would work to just use a key you purchased to be for an x86-64 installation and use it on an ARM64 one.