Long essays concluding that these methods are a "science project" make me smile. The reality is the entire Internet, and every application is a "science project" on the verge or not working at any given point in time. Parallels has a business - their software has worked flawlessly for a month now.  It simply isn't that complicated.  The entire install process was a no-brainer and easy to do.  And this is from someone who actually did it.  .  As a side note, Windows 11 VM launches in 3.9 seconds flat using Parallels platform (using a setting to hold the VM in a state of semi-readiness).  By far the fastest load time for any Windows VM I have run.

All software is a risk.  My handicap of a major problems (e.g. VM stops working) is  < 1% from running the advertised, paid parallels.com product.  As for Fusion - I'd say 25-50% chance of them pulling the plug by deciding to get out of the Fusion business.  Either set of odds are acceptable to me.  Anyone reading these posts could be scared off.   They shouldn't be.  I've been running beta software since DOS; the Windows 11 VM's are among the least risky in decades of doing this.