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  • 1.  Emulate a M1 chip VM on an intel based Mac

    Posted Jan 13, 2021 04:31 PM

    Hi..

    Is it possible to emulate a M1 chip VM (Virtual hardware as a Mac with M1 Apple silicon), using VMware Fusion Pro 12 installed on an intel powered Mac (like a MacBook Pro 13" 2019 model, x86-64).

    Regards.



  • 2.  RE: Emulate a M1 chip VM on an intel based Mac

    Posted Jan 13, 2021 08:25 PM

    No.

    First, Fusion virtualizes CPU's it doesn't emulate them.   Second, if that ever changes, there is essentially no market for emulating M1's on Intel - I doubt that we'll ever see it in that direction.



  • 3.  RE: Emulate a M1 chip VM on an intel based Mac

    Posted Jan 13, 2021 09:19 PM

    May see it with QEMU.   But yes, Apple moving to a new hardware platform has a serious ripple effect.   IMHO Apple's control is a 2 edge sword.



  • 4.  RE: Emulate a M1 chip VM on an intel based Mac

    Posted Jan 15, 2021 12:51 PM

    Ok, sure..

    Just wanted to test things for M1 chip Macs, & don't have any. So thought if they have something like that (like reverse Rosetta), then it would be very useful for admins to test in this transition..



  • 5.  RE: Emulate a M1 chip VM on an intel based Mac

    Posted Jan 15, 2021 04:31 PM

    That's what the mac mini is for