Apple Silicon M1: New Virtualization Options available

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We have already discussed the available virtualization options when it comes to running Virtual Machines on your Apple M1 computer. This article was written at the beginning of the year when I just bought my MacBook Air on an M1 chip and started learning about the available options.

Apple Silicon M1: How to run x86 and ARM Virtual Machines on it?

It’s November of 2021 now and I have learned a few things about Virtualization. First of all, seems like x86 Virtualization is going away as a class on Apple Silicon Macs.

Virtual Box will not be available for new chips. And even though there are some options for running x86 VMs — seems like this is either not a priority or running at quite a slow speed. There are UTM and QEMU available, but in my experience, it doesn’t work that good.

VMWare Fusion is back in town

VMWare Fusion on Apple Silicon M1 Mac

First of all, a technical preview of VMWare Fusion for M1 Macs is available. This…