Microsoft doesn’t actually require users to activate Windows 10 or Windows 11 with a product key unless you want to customize the look of it.Īlthough you can of course purchase a Windows 10 or Windows 11 license (which costs $119.99 from Microsoft) the only advantage of activating it is that it allows you to customize the look for Windows 10 such as the desktop, lock screen, styling, removal of watermarks etc.įor most Mac users that just want to install Windows only programs or games on macOS, this is not necessary and so you can enjoy Windows 10 for free. The same is true for the recently released Windows 11 meaning you can also install Windows 11 on a Mac for free. You should now have internet in the Windows 10 virtual machine.Many Mac users are still unaware that you can install Windows 10 on a Mac for free from Microsoft perfectly legally, including on M1 Macs. Choose the virtual CD Drive (D virtio-win > OK > Next > Allow.ġ3. Right click on the last “Unknown device” > Update drivers > Browse my computer for drivers > Browse.ġ2. In the “Other devices” section, scroll all the way to the end.ġ1. After Windows boots, right click on the Start menu, and choose “Device Manager”.ġ0. drive file=virtio-win-0.1.190.iso,media=cdrom,if=none,id=cdrom -device usb-storage,drive=cdrom \ In Windows 10, right click on the Start menu, then choose “Command Prompt (Admin)”. Move the downloaded ISO to the qemu-m1 folder.ģ. How to get internet access in the virtual machine:1. Start the virtual machine with the same command line argument as listed in step 6 of the previous section. qemu-system-aarch64 > Quit QEMU > Quit.ġ2. After Windows has booted, shut down Windows.ġ1. Press down arrow a few times to move selection to "Continue", then press return on your keyboard.ġ0. (If you're using a PC keyboard, just press F10).Ĩ. Press both fn and F10 on your keyboard to save the changes. Highlight or next to "Change Preferred", press the return key, and change selection to 1024x768.ħ. Changing selection may take a while to update after pressing the arrow key.
Use the arrow down key to move selection to "Device Manager", press return, then move down to "OVMF Platform Configuration", and press return. When QEMU shows "Start boot option", press the escape key on your keyboard.ĥ. Start the virtual machine with the same command line argument as listed in step 6 of the previous section.Ĥ. qemu-system-aarch64 > Quit QEMU > Quit.ģ. How to increase resolution to 1024x768:1. drive file=vars-template-pflash.raw,if=pflash,index=1 \
drive file=Windows10_InsiderPreview_Client_ARM64_en-us_20231.VHDX,if=none,id=NVME1 \
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