Microsoft now supports Windows 11 on Apple’s M1, M2 Macs

San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft is officially supporting Windows 11 on Apple’s M1 and M2 Macs, by partnering with the software company Parallels.

“Parallels Desktop version 18 is an authorised solution for running Arm versions of Windows 11 Pro and Windows 11 Enterprise in a virtual environment on its platform on Apple M1 and M2 computers,” the tech giant said in a support page.

The Arm version of Windows 11 has limitations which can impact users’ ability to use various types of hardware, games and apps, including “those that rely on DirectX 12 or OpenGL3.3 or greater.”