I have a 2016 MacBook Pro at work with an Intel i7 processor running macOS Monterey (12.6.2). I use VMWare Fusion 12.2.4 with a virtual machine running Windows 10.
I also have a 2021 MacBook Pro with an Apple M1 Pro also running macOS Monterey (12.6.2).
I downloaded and installed VMware Fusion Public Tech Preview 22H2 on the new MBP hoping I could just copy my virtual machine from one MBP to the other and have it just work. Most of you are rolling your eyes at this point and as you would expect it gives me the error message, “This virtual machine cannot be powered on because it requires the X86 machine architecture…”
Now, I’m not up to date on the differences between ARM-based Apple Silicon and Intel x86 technologies and all the advances that have been made over the years. That’s not where my expertise lies. So can someone “dumb it down” for me and give me a sorta top level understanding of why it doesn’t work to just copy the vm over like that? Also, does this mean I am going to have to reinstall Windows and the apps I use in Windows? Am I right that there will be no shortcut for that?
Thank you very much for your patience with my question and your help.
