Ansys Student on MacBook Pro M1

- January 23, 2022 at 5:23 pm
  
  Jansr5
  Subscriber
  
  Hello!
  I am studying mechanical engineering and own a MacBook Pro M1 from 2021. Due to I have to work with Ansys now, I want to download the Student Software. I know, Ansys only runs on Windows, and because Windows does not run on the M1 processor, I can't fix this problem with bootcamp, so that I want want use the software of Parallels (Virtual machine for windows).
  Does anyone got experience with Ansys running on Windows with Parallels and eventually knows if it works?
  Best Regards
- January 24, 2022 at 6:01 pm
  
  George Karnos
  Ansys Employee
  
  Ansys Products work on VM Machines. But, we do not have experience with Parallels.
  The following page lists the VM that are supported.
  https://www.ansys.com/content/dam/it-solutions/platform-support/remote-display-and-virtual-desktop-support-2022-r1.pdf
  
  That being said, what is the error that you are running into?
- March 29, 2023 at 8:20 pm
  
  Jamie Paterson
  Subscriber
  
  A bit late, but it may help others. I am also using a MacBook Pro 16 (M1 Max with 64Gb of RAM) through Parallels. It works well but occasionally gives a few weird errors but I get that on my windows machine as well.
  - November 13, 2023 at 3:12 pm
    
    mal3rashid
    Subscriber
    
    Hi Jamie, can i know for parallels, what are the number of CPU and RAM you set?
    - November 13, 2023 at 6:11 pm
      
      Jamie Paterson
      Subscriber
      
      Hello. I have it 32Gb RAM and half the processor cores as well.