To run Windows 11 Pro on mac with m2 chip you need to run in virtual machine.
How best to run Windows 11 on a MacBook Pro M2 for Arduino/ESP program?
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Fred Dodge
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- I have a MacBook Pro M2 running Mac OS 27.01.
- Would like to use the Visduino programming app that runs under Windows and not Mac OS.
- How best to do this: perhaps a duo boot or by running a support application?
- Thanks for any assistance.
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Pauli O 16,470 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2026-10-17T14:02:37.4133333+00:00 -
Bulldog 5,035 Reputation points2026-10-17T13:50:44.27+00:00 There's no best way to run Windows on a Mac because Windows was designed for a PC.
Third parties have developed software and techniques to run Windows on other platforms. If they work for you, that's great. But Microsoft doesnt support Windows on any platform other than a PC, so if you're looking for advice I would ask in the user communities for those software and hardware developers.