Stuck on windows 10 logo
Stuck on windows 10 logo
I am trying to run the windows 10 pro on an M2 MacBook Air however I get stuck at the Windows 10 logo when I start it. I am using version 7.0. And I have tried everything I can find someone please help.
Re: Stuck on windows 10 logo
Hello,
I have the same issue on a M1 mac computer, with VirtualBox 7.0
Any help?
Thank you
I have the same issue on a M1 mac computer, with VirtualBox 7.0
Any help?
Thank you
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Re: Stuck on windows 10 logo
See: viewtopic.php?t=107344
Until VirtualBox users begin to report successes rather than failures, or an official announcement is made that there has been significant progress in the capability of the BETA Developer Preview (7.0.97), the comments in the above thread represent the latest information available.
I haven't tried a recent version of the Beta Version for a couple of months, but a working Windows XP (32-bit) is, so far, the best outcome I have been able to achieve, i.e for me Windows 7 32-bit and all 64-bit Windows versions have consistently failed.
From reports I have seen elsewhere for Virtualisation apps available for 'M' Series Macs, only UTM (and possibly some others making use of QEMU to emulate x86 CPUs) have been said to have achieved some success with installing more recent x86 versions of Windows, although the performance of those more recent Windows versions, such 10/11, has been said to be "unacceptably slow", i.e. of no real use! Believe the hype about Apple's 'M' processors being more powerful than Intel/AMD if you wish, but that still doesn't mean they are (or will ever be) capable of supporting the emulation of Intel/AMD x64 processors and the required Instruction Sets needed to run x86 versions of Windows 10/11 efficiently.
In short, for acceptable performance, newer Windows x86 variants currently need a computer with a genuine (hardware) Intel/AMD CPU. However, Windows 11 for ARM is a working option with some virtualisation apps, but not yet possible with VirtualBox; and the availability of ARM version of Linux distributions is also slowly expanding.
Until VirtualBox users begin to report successes rather than failures, or an official announcement is made that there has been significant progress in the capability of the BETA Developer Preview (7.0.97), the comments in the above thread represent the latest information available.
I haven't tried a recent version of the Beta Version for a couple of months, but a working Windows XP (32-bit) is, so far, the best outcome I have been able to achieve, i.e for me Windows 7 32-bit and all 64-bit Windows versions have consistently failed.
From reports I have seen elsewhere for Virtualisation apps available for 'M' Series Macs, only UTM (and possibly some others making use of QEMU to emulate x86 CPUs) have been said to have achieved some success with installing more recent x86 versions of Windows, although the performance of those more recent Windows versions, such 10/11, has been said to be "unacceptably slow", i.e. of no real use! Believe the hype about Apple's 'M' processors being more powerful than Intel/AMD if you wish, but that still doesn't mean they are (or will ever be) capable of supporting the emulation of Intel/AMD x64 processors and the required Instruction Sets needed to run x86 versions of Windows 10/11 efficiently.
In short, for acceptable performance, newer Windows x86 variants currently need a computer with a genuine (hardware) Intel/AMD CPU. However, Windows 11 for ARM is a working option with some virtualisation apps, but not yet possible with VirtualBox; and the availability of ARM version of Linux distributions is also slowly expanding.