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My Intel MacBook broke. I was using BootCamp to run Windows and create Windows Forms Applications (so with .Net Framework) using Microsoft Visual Studio.

I wanted to buy the new M1 MacBook Air but I am not sure I will be able to run Visual Studio and create Windows Forms Applications. I know Parallels can be used to install Windows Arm but I'm worried Windows ARM does not support .Net Framework.

This is kind of urgent..

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    Windows on ARM definitely supports .NET Core. Why don’t you just run Visual Studio for MacOS? While I linked to a preview version the current stable version has already been released for more than a year now. Visual Studio supporting Windows on ARM is a different story, something, that should be easily researched.
    – Ramhound
    May 14, 2022 at 17:47
  • @Ramhound MacOS version of Visual Studio does not support creation of Windows Forms Applications that is what I am trying to do. I researched on the internet but couldn't find clear info on whether it is actually possible to use .NET Framework on Windows on ARM..
    – Allispossible
    May 14, 2022 at 19:32
  • .NET Core (the current version of .NET Framework) does indeed support ARM. The question I cannot answer is if Visual Studio supporters being installed on Windows on ARM. I am going to guess it does not.
    – Ramhound
    May 14, 2022 at 23:51

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At the end I bought the MacBook with M1 Processor. I am using Parallels to run a Windows 11 Virtual Machine.

Running Visual Studio on Windows 11 on Arm works fine. I can also create Windows Forms Applications. It's just a bit slower.

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