But while that was evolving, I discovered the Microsoft Insider program, registered, and eventually stumbled into the Win 11 Preview page. I found no help there, though a Parallels moderator did respond, and helped me get in touch with an engineer at Parallels. That chat person referred me to the Parallels forum for help. I eventually got someone on the chat line, but that person just told me Parallels had not 'tested' the M2 chip. I tried to get help from Parallels support, but could not get through on the phone. It would fail to find the Parallels site in the MacBook. I then attempted to use their Win 11installer, but it would not work. I went to the Parallels site, downloaded and installed Parallels 17. When I received the new MacBook Pro, it had the M2 chip, a bit of a surprise to me. The old MacBook was no longer supported, second battery was dying, etc., so I replaced. Yes, I had operated a late 2013 MacBook Pro with Parallels (which I kept up to date) with a copy of Win 10 (which I also kept up to date). If neither of these two ideas is possible, then is it just not feasible on a technical level, or if you guys think that there isn't exactly much business value relative to the engineering effort that is required Or conversely, is it possible that a future Parallels Desktop update will give Parallels Desktop installed on Big Sur the ability to install macOS Monterey or Ventura virtual machines? Imagine how exciting it would be to install a Big Sur virtual machine running iOS apps on macOS Ventura via Parallels Desktop and be able to turn on Coherence mode at the same time. If the M2 chip or the latest parallel desktop allows to install a Big Sur virtual machine, I will upgrade my macOS to the latest immediately, because the new features brought by the latest system, like universal control, airplay to mac, live text, stage manager are also very attractive to me.

I'm still stuck on Big Sur and haven't updated to the latest macOS, just to keep using some handy iOS apps on my macbook. Being able to run a Big Sur virtual machine on the latest macOS system has always been a feature I've been looking forward to the most, and I'm sure it's what many other users have been looking for, because only Big Sur has the ability to install ipa files (iOS apps) without restrictions.)

On macs with M1 chips, only macOS virtual machines after the Monterey version can be installed, not the previous version. Hi, I've always wondered if the M2 chip or the later updates of Parallels Desktop could give the latest macOS the ability to run a Big Sur virtual machine.

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