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> But based on Apple's docs, it won't support emulating Intel CPUs well enough to run an x86 virtual machine, it will only run operating systems which run on AR
by rovr138 6y ago
> But based on Apple's docs, it won't support emulating Intel CPUs well enough to run an x86 virtual machine, it will only run operating systems which run on ARM.
And that’s the big thing a lot aren’t understanding.
- awinder 6y agoCharitably a lot of people (or at least me) are trying to understand how to square that reality with Apple hand leaving that they’re going to “take care of that audience”. I’m starting to worry this is take care of in The Godfather sense of the term.
- rovr138 6y agoIt’s possible to do, don’t get me wrong. For example, QEMU[0] does hardware virtualization. Having said that, performance is not the same. On the other hand, there are builds of Linux that are ARM. Windows also has ARM builds[1] and they also have a translation layer to run x86 applications[2]. This is done in software, so there’s a performance hit[3]. [0]: https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.qemu.org/ [1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/ [2]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/apps-on-arm-x86-emulation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/apps-on... [3]: https://www.techspot.com/review/1599-windows-on-arm-performance/page2.html https://www.techspot.com/review/1599-windows-on-arm-performa... (Other parts are good if you’re looking to get an overview of how it works and limitations).