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by crazygringo 1222 days ago
Genuinely wonder what took this long. Was it a new decision around legal/strategy, just a low priority, or something technical that wasn't built by Parallels/Microsoft till now?
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radlad 1222 days ago
I am confused because I have been using Windows 11 through Parallels for probably 6 months. Parallels automatically downloaded the ISO for me and everything.
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zamadatix 1222 days ago
You were technically breaking the Windows 11 EULA and not officially supported while doing that but nobody really cared.
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lwkl 1222 days ago
The rumor is that it's because Microsoft has an exclusivity deal with Qualcomm [1].

[1]: https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-exclusivity-deal-mic...

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cat_plus_plus 1222 days ago
Microsoft now has to offer support for a niche use case and with host OS and virtualization app no under their control. Probably costs serious money and took a big customer interested in mass deploying the VM to commit to that.
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