Windows XP Professional can support up to two processors regardless of the number of cores on the processor.
CPU: Enables all features supported by the accelerator in the current host (max).
jdb8167 found a few tweaks markedly improved emulation: right click VM in UTM's main window → Edit → System → Show Advanced Settings:.
The result is surprisingly performant: MP4 | GIF Notes Develop and test across multiple OSs in a virtual machine for Mac. Note: for installing Arm-based image of Windows 11 in Parallels Desktop see KB 125375. Seamlessly copy and paste text or drag-and-drop files between Mac and Windows. To run Windows 11 and its applications on a Mac with Apple M Series Chip, you need to install an Arm-based image of Windows 11 that can run the majority of Intel-based Windows 11 applications by using a built-in emulator. Download and Install Windows OS on your Intel or Apple M-series Mac computer. It’s probably not what fans of the M1 chip want to hear but because Apple switched away from the Intel models to Apple silicon and decided to kill the Boot Camp.
Replace the Windows XP installer ISO with the SPICE tools ISO () and run . Run more than 200,000 Windows apps on a Mac, including Microsoft Office for Windows.
Start the VM and install Windows normally (if Windows hangs after installation with "Please wait", turn the VM off and on again). Step 1: Download and install Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac.
Click "CD/DVD" at the bottom of the window and select your Windows XP installer ISO.
Unzip windows-xp-圆4-utm.zip and open Windows XP.utm in UTM.
Download UTM, the requisite template ( Windows XP in this example), and SPICE Guest Tools and QEMU Drivers for Windows.
While VMWare does not plan to support x86 emulation on M1 Macs and Parallels support staff only offers misdirection when asked, thanks to UTM & QEMU you can emulate x86/圆4 Windows versions like XP and 7 on Apple silicon right now: Emulating Windows XP x86 under M1 Mac via UTM & QEMUĮmulating Windows XP x86 under M1 Mac via UTM & QEMU #