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Which version should work on this machine? I've tried 10.1.3 and 13.5.2 and both refuse to work. There is a prompt saying I have an unsupported CPU on both versions. On 13.5.2 when I try starting up the VM it just says "failed to power on virtual machine" and so on, without any logs anywhere. On 10.1.3 it says "Unable to retrieve kernel symbols. Failed to initialise monitor device." I ran first help on my tom and there were no mistakes. What should I do? I need to run Windows XP on this machine by any means, I have another thread in which I describe my issues with Virtualbox which was working fine (6.1 version) on this very machine with Sonoma installed. Now that I've upgraded to Sequoia I can't seem to make any VM to work for me. Although, I haven't tried VMware Fusion on the Sonoma because I thought it's tied to Metal rendering only (which it isn't)

The chip belongs to the Penryn family as far as I understand, doesn't it mean that 10.x versions should work on it?

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    This question is similar to: VirtualBox: macOS Sequoia issues (6.1 version and so on). If you believe it’s different, please edit the question, make it clear how it’s different and/or how the answers on that question are not helpful for your problem. Commented Jun 28, 2025 at 17:17
  • You need to concentrate on the advice you have been given in your other questions and report back in them, rather than raising yet more questions every time you hit a new block. Commented Jun 28, 2025 at 20:19
  • I don't know much about OCLP, but I'd imagine if Fusion says it doesn't support your CPU, then it can plainly see past OCLP, and no amount of fooling can disguise that your hardware is too old for the versions of Fusion you wish to run. Commented Jun 28, 2025 at 20:20
  • Yeah, makes sense, but there are certain versions that have to work with that type of CPU, since Fusion was around at that time Commented Jun 28, 2025 at 20:30
  • Why not install XP to dual boot with macOS? Commented Jun 29, 2025 at 10:04

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