The latest Apple M1 Mac, which has been converted to ARM architecture, cannot run Windows through traditional methods, which has become a pity for many potential users and melon eaters. On November 30, it was reported that the M1 version of Mac could run the complete win10 system and Ubuntu through QEMU (cross platform open source simulator) simulation.

First, the achievements of foreign netizen Alexander Graf. Through a batch of ARM64 patches, the M1 Mac mini successfully uses QEMU to run Windows 10. After successfully handling the problem of sound card and network card, it showed a new screenshot on October 30. On this Mac mini with only 8GB of memory, traditional software such as 7zip, OneDrive and Spotify can work normally. It claims that even if M1 Mac is running Win10 in virtualization, GeekBench's score is higher than Microsoft's Surface Pro X (Qualcomm and Microsoft are disgraced).

Not long after win10 was successful, there were successful cases of running Linux (Ubuntu) ↓. Shareef Ali, a foreign netizen, used a similar method to recompile UEFI and run Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS. However, considering Apple's closed strategy, even if someone is willing to port the Linux kernel, it is estimated that it is difficult to get rid of various drivers. Therefore, it is expected that in the entire life cycle of the M1 Mac, it is unlikely to run the Linux system natively.

One thing to say is that virtualization runs a variety of systems. For the M1 Mac, which starts with 8GB of memory and has only 16GB of memory at most, it is of little practical significance. But once again, it proved that Apple M1 was indeed a good chip. After the performance was discounted, it still had a certain degree of availability. Without mentioning martial arts, it made a mad face to the toothpaste alliance of Qualcomm, Intel and Microsoft.

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