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OT: what's the current best way to run Windows (guest) on Apple Silicon (macOS as host)?

VMWare, UTM, Virtual Box, etc?

If you're looking to run a .exe file, there are a couple of hypervisors in the market (sometimes found on the high seas). I've tried these on a couple of obscure .exe files:

- Parallels

- VMWare fusion

- Apple's gamekit

Parallels has had the highest coverage, but they've locked down Parallels pretty well, and there is no way to outright own a copy of Parallels (monthly subscription). I think the gamekit project is the most exciting one of these three though!

Parallels still offers a one-time purchase for the most limited edition. If you need to give VMs more than 8GB RAM then you'll need a subscription-only edition, but you can get pretty far with 8GB and 4 cores for a VM that's only running Windows 11 and one application.

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