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Apple's New ARM-Based Macs Won't Support Windows Through Boot Camp:
Apple will start switching its Macs to its own ARM-based processors later this year, but you won't be able to run Windows in Boot Camp mode on them. Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to PC makers to preinstall on new hardware, and the company hasn't made copies of the operating system available for anyone to license or freely install.
"Microsoft only licenses Windows 10 on ARM to OEMs," says a Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Verge. We asked Microsoft if it plans to change this policy to allow Windows 10 on ARM-based Macs, and the company says "we have nothing further to share at this time."
[...] Apple later confirmed it's not planning to support Boot Camp on ARM-based Macs in a Daring Fireball podcast. "We're not direct booting an alternate operating system," says Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering. "Purely virtualization is the route. These hypervisors can be very efficient, so the need to direct boot shouldn't really be the concern."
Previously: Apple Announces 2-Year Transition to ARM SoCs in Mac Desktops and Laptops
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Sunday June 28 2020, @06:13PM (1 child)
How much do you expect it to cost per user per month to lease 1. such a Windows x86-64 VPS, and 2. a cellular Internet connection through which to run Remote Desktop to a Windows x86-64 VPS while out of Wi-Fi range?
(Score: 2) by theluggage on Wednesday July 01 2020, @01:10PM
Ans: "as much or as little as the market will bear" because the cost of providing one more container instance (for someone already in that business) is pretty small, while software licenses have zero marginal cost (Microsoft could easily bundle Windows up with the Office subscription that the majority of customers will need anyway). This isn't bleeding edge new technology - it's 90% packaging and marketing.
Going rate for game streaming services - which are probably more technically demanding - seems to be $10/month, so $20/mo for this would probably be a nice little earner for Microsoft (who did you think was going to be running this?)
If you need this for work then it will be a business expense (and easier to claim than trying to argue that some fraction of your personal Mac was for work) and the accountant will be delighted to file this under "cost of doing business" and get the tax back immediately rather than faffing about with the capital expenditure rules. Actually, a year or three down the line, don't be surprised if your employer requires this method of working "because data protection" and the VPS is provided for all employees (far more accountable keeping your data on MS Azure's check-box compliant service than scattered around individual laptops).
$0 because it's 2023 (or will be by the time Intel Macs vanish) and the typical person needing to run Windows will already need it.
Or, Apple can keep the Mac tethered to Intel for the foreseeable future for the sake of a niche of users who (even given 2-3 years notice) can't give up x86 - and the ability to move forwards without being held back by the corporate computing drag-anchor is Apple's main USP over PC.