Parallels Desktop is another option, but it is around $80 USD for personal use. VMware Fusion Player is free for personal use. VMware Fusion for Apple Silicon is still in technical review, but should be released by the Fall. If you are using Apples Mac computer and want to remotely connect to other computer installed the Windows operating system, Microsoft Remote Desktop is a. There are two options for commercial virtualization software for macOS on Apple Silicon. Again, you will need to research if the software you may need can run on Windows for ARM. Windows for ARM uses a translation layer, like Rosetta 2 in macOS, for running x86 applications. The only caveat being that its use is at the pleasure of Microsoft. Windows for ARM preview can be installed and used at no cost with a free Windows Insider account. ![]() If you'll be running programs like CAD, then you need to do a bit more research. I don't use it for running demanding, graphics-heavy, applications, like CAD for example. I use Microsoft's RDP app on my M1 MacBook Air (16 GB / 512 GB) often, but only for admin tasks. How well RDP may perform, however, will depend greatly on the Windows applications you'll be running. The RDP protocol doesn't require a lot of bandwidth. Video viewing and editing via rdp would also be terrible, but there is no reason to do that on pc anyway. Sound streaming may be glitchy, so for music production I wouldn't use it. My windows machine I use for some 3d modeling in 3ds max and it works pretty well via rdp, not as good as using actual pc of course. The only problem that I have with mac rdp client - I use two languages for input, and if current input is not english, shortcuts like Ctrl C, Ctrl V and such do not work, and I have to disconnect, switch input, and connect again, which is annoying, when you constantly switching between servers and also chatting with someone. You may also try to run this in window instead of fullscreen, to further improve performance. Or you may need both 32 bit color and retina sharpness - you may do that as well, in cost of responsiveness. You may also stuck with default windows scaling and avoid using retina hidpi - this will make image a bit less sharp, but will improve responsiveness quite a lot. Depending on latency and bandwidth, you can tweak some settings, for example you may not need 32 bit color so you switch to 16. ![]() While RDP client on windows itself isn't the most responsive or well designed app, mac os version is much better, works faster, has better way to organize your remote servers in folders in nice gui etc. ![]() I'm using RDP on daily basis, as I also need my remote windows pc, and also like 10+ linux servers with desktop gui for some stuff.
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