One of the main characteristics of the new Macs with their new M1 (Apple Silicon) processors and working under macOS Big Sur is the ability to make applications for macOS and iOS. However, some users have encountered a serious problem when it comes to being able to work on the development of their jobs in which the use of Windows is necessary and that is BootCamp is not feasible right now. However the solution is in CrossOver 20.0.2. It works flawlessly on Apple Silicon. Great news for all those who needed this functionality to continue with their work.
CrossOver is a platform based on the open source Wine project that can run the Windows environment on macOS and Linux. In other words, it allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems without the need to install a full version of Windows as is done in a virtual machine. While Apple and Microsoft have confirmed that newer ARM-based Macs are no longer compatible with Windows (at least for now), CodeWeavers developers were able to run CrossOver 20 on a Mac with an M1 chip. In this way the new Macs with M1 they can run Windows software directly on macOS.
The CodeWeavers team successfully installed some Windows programs on the Mac M1, including the desktop version of the popular game Among Us and even Team Fortress 2. While the game had some lag, it ran fine most of the time. Running CrossOver 20.0.2. on a Mac with an M1 chip it was only possible with macOS Big Sur 11.1 beta, who provides critical fixes to Rosetta 2 technology.
Users running the latest beta version of macOS can now test Windows software on new Macs with CrossOver 20.0.2.