Yes, you can run Windows on a MacBook Neo

For a fistful of dollars

Apple does have other choices, which means that for $1,099 you can already pick up an M5 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM, which should make for a better experience when you need to run full Windows apps. “If demanding Windows workflows are part of your daily work, a Mac with 16 GB or more of unified memory, such as the new MacBook Air M5 or MacBook Pro, will give you a significantly better experience with Parallels Desktop,” the Parallels acknowledges. 

In a separate note, the team points out that the more powerful Macs can run Windows sufficiently well to meet the needs of DevOps engineers, creatives, and business pros.

The thing is, I think the vast majority of enterprise professionals who only really use their computers for emails, websites, services, and spreadsheets probably only also need a little Windows support for a declining number of tasks. The extent of those tasks varies, of course. Memory allocation is important and a little 8GB MacBook Neo may lack the horsepower for the specific Windows tools and services your company requires, even with Unified Memory.

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