Mac with an Apple M-series Processor (M1 thru M5)

This strategy gives you:

• Independence — you can use Windows applications at any time and from any location — whenever and wherever you have your computer with you.
• Flexibility — you can install the software you want to use.

But, the tradeoff is that there’s a bit of setup to make that possible.

To install a virtual machine environment, you’ll need:

• At least 45 GB for free disk space on your computer to host the Windows environment and applications.
• Note: Parallels can be set up on an external disk drive if your Mac's primary disk drive does not have space available. See:
Running Parallels from an External Hard Disk
• A copy of Windows 10 or 11
• A Windows environment.
• For Apple M-series Macs, the recommended environment is Parallels Desktop for Mac.
• Note that Bootcamp (a Windows environment that worked with Intel-based Macs) is not available for the newer, Apple Silicon Macs.

• You can purchase Parallels Desktop for Mac for $69.99/year (for the Standard Edition, which is sufficient) or $79.99/year (for the Pro Edition).

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• Run the Parallels Desktop Installer, then create a new virtual machine for your Windows installation.
• Choose the Get Windows 11 from Microsoft option from Create New window in the Parallels Desktop installer.

• The Windows 11 installation will not be activated, but you can still use it to run applications.

• After creating your Parallels virtual machine, configure it to provide at least 4 GB of RAM to the Windows environment.
Configuring your Parallels virtual machine

• You can activate Windows at any time by:
• Opening the Activation Settings window, then:
• Entering a Windows 11 product key that you’ve purchased from any source.
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