# Apple Silicon macOS VM software **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** apple-silicon\ **Created:** [July 30, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/apple-silicon-macos-vm-software/3025 "2022-07-30T14:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![bdbd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/bdbd/32/620_2.png) [@bdbd](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/bdbd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/apple-silicon-macos-vm-software/3025/4 "2022-07-31T14:18:27Z")
Hey @xochi, You created a similar topic some time ago. Back then, Mac OS licensing limited what you can do with VMs. I have no idea if today's Mac OS license has changed so you might want to take a look. > [@Separate mac minis vs. separate VMs](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/separate-mac-minis-vs-separate-vms/2655): > > I've got several mac minis (Intel) - each is dedicated to a single client, and runs FileMaker server and Apache (and sometimes a few other minor services). I've been happy with this setup, but am planning a move to the M1s soon. There are benefits to having separate hardware servers, but also risks as well, and I'm wondering if now might be the time to virtualize? What if instead of running N separate M1 mac minis, I ran a single M1 (maxxed out with RAM/SSD) which ran several VMs inside it. … --- _[View the full topic](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/apple-silicon-macos-vm-software/3025)._