1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,440 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Running Windows on your iPhone or iPad? 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:11,080 Believe it or not, it can be done with the help of a special emulator app called UTM. 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,280 But how does it work? And why the heck would you even want to run Windows 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:19,920 on a device that purports to be a highly optimized marriage between Apple hardware and Apple software, 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:25,120 other than simply because you can? It turns out that some users are actually getting more 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,460 out of the Apple Silicon processors inside newer iPads 7 00:00:28,460 --> 00:00:32,460 by running Windows than they do running iPadOS. 8 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:36,700 The idea is that despite the fact the M series chips are quite powerful, 9 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:42,060 there aren't a whole lot of officially supported apps that push the processor to its limits. 10 00:00:42,060 --> 00:00:46,860 However, it's easier to use the processor to its full potential when you can install Windows 11 00:00:46,860 --> 00:00:52,420 and run whatever program you want. Think image editors or design software. 12 00:00:52,420 --> 00:00:56,020 The possibilities for calculator apps alone are endless, 13 00:00:56,020 --> 00:01:02,900 but prepare yourself for a shocker. Apple didn't want the original version of UTM on the App Store. 14 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:06,380 What? They were never super clear with the developer of UTM 15 00:01:06,380 --> 00:01:09,540 as to why, but it's not exactly surprising 16 00:01:09,540 --> 00:01:12,740 that Apple wouldn't want a competing operating system 17 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:17,900 running on their own hardware. This means there are currently three flavors of UTM. 18 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:21,780 The base version, which isn't available on the App Store and has to be side loaded. 19 00:01:21,780 --> 00:01:25,080 UTM HV, which is for jailbroken devices 20 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,640 and is the most powerful option, and UTM SE, 21 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:33,780 which you can get through the App Store, but which has some significant limitations. 22 00:01:33,780 --> 00:01:38,120 The good news, however, is that if you're interested in turning your Apple device into a Windows machine, 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,720 all three versions of UTM have interesting uses. 24 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,360 UTM SE, which as we mentioned, can be found on the App Store, 25 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:50,440 works like a normal app in that you just tap to open it, tell it to install a new virtual machine 26 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,480 and pick which operating system you'd like to emulate. 27 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,800 Pretty straightforward and it's fast enough to run retro games for platforms like DOS 28 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,080 and other older systems where the games didn't require a ton of hardware resources. 29 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,760 However, UTM SE is quite slow when trying to run anything 30 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,960 newer than Windows XP, meaning if you need higher performance, 31 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,160 you might instead consider the original version of UTM, 32 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,520 which supports something called just-in-time execution 33 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:21,040 or JIT, JIT. That isn't some kind of weird sore on your face, 34 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,240 but is instead a technique for compiling the process 35 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:30,440 of translating a program's human-readable source code into the machine code your CPU can understand. 36 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,080 Typically, compiling is done ahead of time, allowing your CPU to quickly execute a program 37 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,320 when you open it up. However, if you have a Windows program 38 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:43,000 that isn't written for the ARM architecture that those Apple M-series chips use, 39 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,080 it has to be interpreted in order to work, which can be a very slow process. 40 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,680 And a big part of the reason why UTM SE is limited in what it can do. 41 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:58,160 This is where JIT comes in. JIT works with certain programming languages 42 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,440 that can be pre-compiled into an intermediate code 43 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:06,680 called byte code. JIT can then compile this into the correct machine code 44 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:11,440 when you open the program. While JIT is slower than running native machine code, 45 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,280 it's fast enough to run game emulators. In fact, there's one called Dolphin 46 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:20,080 that can emulate Wii and GameCube titles that can run on this original version of UTM 47 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,440 thanks to JIT. As far as Windows goes, 48 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,280 UTM with JIT can run 64-bit versions of Windows 49 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,360 up through Windows 7. Pretty impressive for an emulator, 50 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,820 though newer versions of Windows are too graphically demanding to run well. 51 00:03:35,820 --> 00:03:41,780 But if you want a current version of Windows on your device, UTM HV is the addition you want. 52 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:48,800 As we mentioned, you have to jailbreak your device first, but it allows you to run Windows 10 or 11 on ARM natively, 53 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,080 meaning there's no messy code interpretation required, 54 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,760 allowing you to run these newer Windows versions at full speed, whoa. 55 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,760 Regardless of which UTM version you're going with though, you'll want to keep two things in mind. 56 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:06,400 One, it can't support GPU virtualization, so you won't suddenly be able to play 57 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,160 current graphically intense titles on your iPad. 58 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:15,920 Two, you'll need to bring your own copy of Windows, which I know none of you would ever resort to piracy 59 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,240 to get your hands on. But even though we've spent this episode talking 60 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,480 about running Windows on an Apple device, what if you want to go the other direction 61 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,680 and run, I don't know, macOS on your PC? 62 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:31,240 If that sounds like you, then go watch this video next. 63 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,560 It's a good time, this is gonna be so great.