I would Love to see bootcamp up and running on this. Granted, I have jumped from a 2015 MacBook Pro to this m1 air, so it could be different, but think I will Hold off on that for now. I had actually thought about a virtual machine, but was never really impressed with performance on those in the past.

VMware Fusion is natively accessible with VoiceOver, but only Linux operating systems are officially supported in the current version of the Tech Preview, so your mileage may vary on getting Windows up and running, though it is possible and has been confirmed to work well.Įither of these options provide a familiar Windows environment and NVDA setup on an M1 Mac, with the added advantage of being able to use other traditional Windows applications as well.Īs an aside, the exclusive deal between Microsoft and Qualcomm that prevented Microsoft from licensing Windows on ARM to other chip manufacturers is reportedly coming to an end soon, and this may allow Microsoft to license Windows on ARM to Apple so that a native way to run Windows on macOS could once again be made available.

Performance is comparable to running Windows virtual machines on Intel Macs, and will of course improve with time as both Parallels Desktop and the Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview are updated.Īlternatively, if free options are desired, the VMware Fusion Tech Preview can be set up and, through a series of steps, the Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview can be installed to provide another way to virtualize Windows on macOS. The main application user interface is not accessible (due to the fact it was written using the QT framework), but an application like VOCR can be used to mitigate this issue and set up the Windows virtual machine. Parallels Desktop, for example, allows you to set up a Windows 11 on ARM Insider Preview virtual machine, complete with sound, that can then be used to run traditional Windows applications including NVDA and NVDA Remote. A viable and simple solution nobody seems to have mentioned yet is to set up a Windows virtual machine on your M1 Mac, either by purchasing a copy of Parallels Desktop (officially supported) or by installing a free copy of the VMware Fusion Tech Preview and using advanced configuration steps to get it to run Windows (unsupported but still works for the time being).

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