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Post From: 2021 Mac M1 Max with Sierra Chart via Parallels Desktop 17 with Windows 11 on ARM

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ivory - Posts: 77
@User53741 I am using the standard version and while SC works ok I did run into RAM issues, where the VM would tell me I need more RAM. The standard version can use up to 8 GB. The mac I have has 32 GB so theoretically the pro version would help here. I did not go for it though because I only get this message when I am downloading lots of historical data for analysis, which is not something I am going to be doing everyday. In general, my issue with SC on Parallels is not that SC works badly or slowly or anything like that. I don't like how Parallels integrates into MacOS desktop. It just feels off - windows do not scale properly, for example. Some programs run ok in Coherence Mode (meaning each program has its own windows that MacOS desktop can manage instead of one window for the VM, where you see Windows desktop), some not. SC runs ok in Coherence, but if I need to launch another program on the VM that doesn't, then I have a problem. Also, Windows 11 is really a pain to use, at least in the VM. I strongly dislike it. So having to deal with that OS is frustrating because one of the main reasons why I migrated to Linux and now MacOS was to get away form that software platform. Long story short, M1 laptop is great hardware, but I am not very happy with the OS. I am keeping an eye on Asahi Linux project, which is working on getting M1 hardware running on linux. The initial release is already here and people are quite happy with it. However, there's still missing support for things that I absolutely need for SC such as multiple monitor support, USB-C/Thunderbolt support etc. I am sure it will come with time. For the time being, Parallels is good enough.