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I'm confused, because I have Dropbox installed on my m1 Mac and it works fine. Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? For something that only h

I'm confused, because I have Dropbox installed on my m1 Mac and it works fine. Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? For something that only has to Sync files do I really need the full power of an m1 processor. Even if it's running slower by the emulation layer, I was not able to notice anything. I even did a bit of stress testing where I was editing a text file in two places at once to see what happened, and Dropbox synced everything within seconds.

jonny_eh 5y ago
> Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? Yes, this is such a non-issue.
- arcatech 5y ago
  Except for the fact that the app running under Rosetta is extremely resource intensive and drains the laptop battery.
  - jonny_eh 5y ago
    It did the same for me on my Intel MacBook. It's long been uninstalled now.
ceejayoz 5y ago
> Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? In my experience: yes. Photoshop under Rosetta (before their Apple Silicon release) was faster on my M1 than it was on my old 2016 MBP, despite the emulation.
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  M1 hardware is just incredible.
hartator 5y ago
> Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? Yes! It’s 100% Intel code being emulated or transcribed. You can see which is which in your Activity Monitor.
- 999900000999 5y ago
  So would it be possible to fully emulate 64 bit Windows. I really want the new M1 pro, but I'd really like to keep Microsoft Game pass as that's where I do most of my gaming. I need local game installs, while browser streaming is amazing it's not the same .
  - aluminum96 5y ago
    You can run ARM Windows in a VM, and Windows has an interpretation layer for x86 built-in. I think it's 32-bit only though, if I recall correctly.
    - GeekyBear 5y ago
      They introduced x64 64 bit emulation in the Dev channel several months ago, but it didn't work well at all. It also was more performant running in a VM on last year's MacBook Air than running natively on Microsoft's flagship hardware. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhESSZIXvCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhESSZIXvCA
jpalomaki 5y ago
If you have large Dropbox folder (lots of files, like tens or hundreds of thousands) it can use significant amount of CPU. Issue is not the sync speed, but general use of resources.

jonny_eh 5y ago

> Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? Yes, this is such a non-issue.

arcatech 5y ago
Except for the fact that the app running under Rosetta is extremely resource intensive and drains the laptop battery.
- jonny_eh 5y ago
  It did the same for me on my Intel MacBook. It's long been uninstalled now.

ceejayoz 5y ago

> Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? In my experience: yes. Photoshop under Rosetta (before their Apple Silicon release) was faster on my M1 than it was on my old 2016 MBP, despite the emulation.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
M1 hardware is just incredible.

hartator 5y ago

> Is Rosetta that transparent that I just didn't notice? Yes! It’s 100% Intel code being emulated or transcribed. You can see which is which in your Activity Monitor.

999900000999 5y ago
So would it be possible to fully emulate 64 bit Windows. I really want the new M1 pro, but I'd really like to keep Microsoft Game pass as that's where I do most of my gaming. I need local game installs, while browser streaming is amazing it's not the same .
- aluminum96 5y ago
  You can run ARM Windows in a VM, and Windows has an interpretation layer for x86 built-in. I think it's 32-bit only though, if I recall correctly.
  - GeekyBear 5y ago
    They introduced x64 64 bit emulation in the Dev channel several months ago, but it didn't work well at all. It also was more performant running in a VM on last year's MacBook Air than running natively on Microsoft's flagship hardware. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhESSZIXvCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhESSZIXvCA

jpalomaki 5y ago

If you have large Dropbox folder (lots of files, like tens or hundreds of thousands) it can use significant amount of CPU. Issue is not the sync speed, but general use of resources.