Will UiPath run ok in ARM version of Windows 11?

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Hi

I’ve been developing with Studio very happily on Windows 10 in a Parallels VM on an Intel-based MacBook.

I’m now needing to upgrade my MacBook to a new one, based on an M1 or M2 processor. This will require install of the ARM version of Windows 11.

I can’t see anything in the Hardware requirements for UiPath that says it is NOT supported on the ARM version of Windows 11. Has anyone out there had any experience of similar set-up?

Thanks
Steve
Macaroon Associates Ltd

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I took the plunge and so far so good.

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What are your specs from the Mac you are using? I’ve upgraded my windows10 to 11 on my Intel based mac and is just a nightmare to work in Studio.

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Hi

I was using a 2016 Mac Book Pro, 2.9Ghz 16Gb RAM. It was running Windows 10 kinda ok with UiPath from 2019 but in last year or so just got too slow.

Now running a Mac Book Pro M2 Pro, 32GB RAM. Needs 8 cores for UiPath to open a project quickly, which is kinda disappointing. Windows 11 itself and most apps start almost instantly via Parallels, the machine is that fast. Maybe some more performance optimisation needed by Parallels.

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Thanks good to know!

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I have a M1 Pro with 32 GB ram and I allocated as much resources as possible to Parallells 18 (and now 19 as well) and working with studio is a nightmare, especially with larger projects with multiple flowcharts and sequences.

No performance hit if I have multiple studio’s open at the same time. They all run equally crap. So it’s definitely a Studio issue and not a resources issue from the computer.

As someone else mentioned, anything else opens instantly and the computer is plenty fast for anything I can throw at it. It’s just studio that isn’t running good.

UiPath really needs to upgrade Studio to support ARM nativly

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Hi Henrick, I echo your experience. Everything else in windows really flies, but UiPath Studio is glitchy, with small pauses before doing things generally slow to react when it comes to painting new things to the screen.

Compilations are good, and performance running the automations is also good. Running in debug is slowed by the same windows painting glitches/pauses as above.

It’s also really slow opening the project - creating workspace, adding dependencies, etc.

@uipath - can you issue a response to this question please? I’ve invested in an M2 Mac as do not want two machines, Macs perform much better and last much longer than Windows machines. UiPath works well in standard windows VMs on a Mac, but quite poorly (as described) on the new Mav M* processors where the ARM version of Windows is required)

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I have found something that does improve the performance of UiPath.

One of the features of the M2 Pro is the capability of supporting 5k diplays. I’m finding that when Windows opens, the display settings revert automatically to a 5K resolution, with 200% scaling.

I’ve found this automatic scaling up option in Windows very tiresome on normal windows, as it can impact how RDP sessions operate.

When running at 2560 x 1440 at 100%, the speed of re-painting the UiPath studio window elements improves greatly. The text isn’t as crisp, but that’s fine.

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Hi again

I’ve now managed to get the latest 2024 Community edition of Studio installed and am seeing a vast improvement in overal performance of Studio - workflow load times, no delays jumping aroung the worlflow, loading of .Net function parameters (e.g. with enter ‘.’ after an activity to load the list of options, or loading the list of arguments and variables).

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