Clarification on what's required to move to new MBP with M1 Max

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by DavidB22, Oct 25, 2021.

  1. DavidB22

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    Hello
    I currently have a mid-2014 MBP (i7-4980HQ 2.8GHz) running Big Sur v 11.6 and Windows 10 Pro (build 19041.630) via Parallels v17.1.0. I have a new MBP with the M1 Max arriving in a couple of weeks time. My basic question is what are the steps I should be going through to have Windows/Parallels running on the new MBP? (The old MBP will be reset for passing to a new user.)
    Should I move everything across to the new MBP via Migration Assistant and then let Windows do any updates?
    Should I deregister Parallels on the old MBP then install a fresh copy of Parallels and Windows 10 Pro on the new MBP?
    Or do I deregister Parallels on the old MBP, install Parallels on the new MBP, download and install the Windows Client ARM64 Insider Preview VHDX image? (However, if I do this, how does the VHDX image know that I have a valid copy of Windows 10 Pro?)
     
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    Thanks for the update, MichaelH63
    I had a quick go at running the uupdump.cmd however it doesn't seem to want to run in the VM so will have a go on the other half's Windows PC when she's not looking :eek:)
     

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