Intel to M1 question

[StephenT16]

I currently run Windows XP in a virtual machine on a 2012 iMac. I do this for the Windows engineering programs I use. Is there anyway to make this work on the M1 Mac?

 

[Aries@PF]

Not unless you can manage to find an ARM based ISO of Windows XP and manage to get it installed as AFAIK, the M series Still doesn't have nested virtualization (for which you could attempt to use XP inside another guest OS like linux or Win11).

 

[StephenT16]

Thank you for the response. I am too much of a non tech person to be able to follow your directions. I guess I will stick with Intel for now.

 

[Aries@PF]

Thank you for the response. I am too much of a non tech person to be able to follow your directions. I guess I will stick with Intel for now.

TBH, I stopped using Parallels on ARM because of the superior list of options for Intel. That's why my last Mac was a 2019 MBP / Intel.