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apparently only apple does good when they modify the ISA for x64 memory instructions to not have to be emulated so they can pretend rosetta is miles ahead of ot

apparently only apple does good when they modify the ISA for x64 memory instructions to not have to be emulated so they can pretend rosetta is miles ahead of other virtualization when its hw based... Those sneaky bastards – making their products perform better by introducing new features*! Whatever next?

DennisAleynikov 6y ago
"new features" ah yes I love hw tweaks for benchmark juicers mmmmmmmm shows me so much about what matters in the real world
- oarsinsync 6y ago
  > shows me so much about what matters in the real world Assuming you're a developer, how about compile time + battery life remaining? From nearly 2 months ago, this isn't news anymore: https://twitter.com/panzer/status/1328700636926332928 https://twitter.com/panzer/status/1328700636926332928 EDIT: Or assuming you like to watch media on a range of devices at home, and share your media with your family and friends, maybe the ability to transcode h264 or h265 content also matters to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK3xVXAd6_o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK3xVXAd6_o TL;DW: Plex Transcoder running through Rosetta2 doesn't even break a sweat.
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