Is Launchbox on Windows ARM (via Parallels) a bit unstable?

[dmaker]

I recently created a Windows 11 vm on my M2 Mac. This forces me to use Windows ARM. Launchbox seems to work fine but it crashes a few times per day. At least so far, only been playing with it on my Mac for one day. 

 

I was just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience with that combo-- M1/M2 Mac, Parallels and Windows 11 ARM vm?

 

[skizzosjt]

1 hour ago, dmaker said:

I recently created a Windows 11 vm on my M2 Mac. This forces me to use Windows ARM. Launchbox seems to work fine but it crashes a few times per day. At least so far, only been playing with it on my Mac for one day. 

 

I was just curious if anyone else has had a similar experience with that combo-- M1/M2 Mac, Parallels and Windows 11 ARM vm?

 

this is sort of a YMMV situation when using virtualization to run the program. it's that extra compatibility layer you've added to the mix that is giving the problems. even if it runs OK (no bugs), it will likely run poor (slow)

I used to daily drive a 2009 Mac Pro up until I built the PC I still use today around 2019. Using VM to me is out of the question. Use one of your spare disks (or buy something just big enough for an OS like 250GB or 500GB I'd recommend if you dont have any spares) and create a Windows 10 or Windows 11 install on it. You want the OS's separate, don't put them on the same disk. Because if you need to ever reinstall stuff now chances are you will need to restore TWO OS's instead of just one. With that said, when I was on the Mac Pro I would boot into Windows 7 or eventually Windows 10 to natively run games on that system. Bc lets face it, macOS blows for games! Things run CORRECTLY when using the designed OS natively!  So I strongly recommend to ditch your current config and do it properly with native OS support.

[dmaker]

Hi, thanks for the response. 

I do run LB natively on my home laptop, but this is my work laptop. It has enough resources to run a vm, so I was just kind of curious how LB would run in a virtual environment on that device. I do have OpenEmu installed as well, but that is so lacking in bells and whistles that it just leaves me wishing that I was using LB instead. 

This was more just for fun and metadata browsing with some light game playing during lunch hour or sitting by the fire at the cottage. My MSI laptop is way more capable for gaming, but it's heavier and bulkier to carry around. It's kind of nice to have a lightweight device like my M2 Air to take to the cottage instead to sit by the fire and watch media or do some LB based gaming. 

This is not a critical or daily driver build at all.