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by srslack 1099 days ago
You can just use the Insider Preview (22000.1_PROFESSIONAL_ARM64_EN-US.ISO) and revert to Stable in a UTM VM.

These restrictions are completely arbitrary on the part of Microsoft. Source (My M1 Mac): https://freeimage.host/i/H4PgC5F
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abdusco 1099 days ago
How is the performance? Battery life? Is it usable for long periods of time or just "good enough" to test a couple of things?
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srslack 1099 days ago
It's virtualization via QEMU, not emulation, I've not used it more than several hours heavily, but the battery drain from the virtualization aspect seems to be negligible. Perhaps Parallels has better 3D pass through or something, but it works for my use cases.
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mrkstu 1099 days ago
Yeah, the Parallels version is very good- enough to play mid-level games pretty comfortably.
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