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Title: VMware says it won't be bringing EXSi to the 2019 Mac Pro after all
Post by: HCK on September 07, 2021, 04:05:18 pm
VMware says it won't be bringing EXSi to the 2019 Mac Pro after all

What you need to know


Virtualization outfit VMware has ditched plans to bring its ESXi hypervisor to the 2019 Mac Pro.
VMware says that Apple's transition to Apple silicon is one of the reasons it won't be looking to pursue hardware verification for ESXi.


Bad news for anyone looking to run macOS virtualization on their Mac Pro.

Virtualization outfit VMware has announced that it will no longer pursue hardware verification for its ESXi hypervisor on the one machine you would expect to get it — the 2019 Mac Pro. Hypervisors are layers of software that allow virtual machines to be installed.

VMware took the unusual step of announcing that it has canned planned support via a blog post, with The Register spotting it.

According to VMware, one of the reasons that it's ditching plans to support the Mac Pro is Apple's move to Apple silicon. It's possible the company doesn't want to do the work to get hardware verification signed off only for Apple to pull the rug on the Intel Mac Pro....

Source: VMware says it won't be bringing EXSi to the 2019 Mac Pro after all (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/ZZc08X8GiII/vmware-says-it-wont-be-bringing-exsi-2019-mac-pro-after-all)