How to install Windows 11 on Mac using the VMware Fusion 12

Some tips to fix the minimum system requirements problem

Saeed Zarinfam
3 min readOct 18, 2021
Windows 11 on Mac using the VMware Fusion 12

Download Windows 11 ISO disk image
Create a new virtual machine for Windows 11
Choose operating system
Customize virtual machine settings for Windows 11
Install VMware Tools
Final thought

Installing Windows 11 on Mac using the latest version of VMware Fusion (version 12.2 for now) is not straightforward, and you will get this error:

This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows.

The minimum system requirements problem error

This is because the latest version of VMware Fusion (version 12.2 for now) does not officially support Windows 11, It will support Windows 11 officially in the upcoming update for Fusion 12 Pro and Fusion 12 Player.

One thing I should mention is, These tips will work for Intel Macs.

Download Windows 11 ISO disk image

Before anything, you need to download Windows 11 ISO disk image from here.

Create a new virtual machine for Windows 11

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Saeed Zarinfam

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