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> It's about how to program running it under the hood if you're a developer who wants to develop something like a program that manages virtual machines Has som

> It's about how to program running it under the hood if you're a developer who wants to develop something like a program that manages virtual machines Has somebody already done that perhaps? Is there a reasonable alternative to VirtualBox/WMWare using the optimal way to run a VM on a Mac? I don't mind paying if it's worth it. I have zero experience of Mac development but I am going to need to run Windows 7 (to use IE6 with old crypto to access an outdated state-ran system) on an M2 MacBook next week. What's the best way to achieve that?

kergonath 4y ago
> Has somebody already done that perhaps? Yes. And there have been several examples of small or independent developers cobbling together VM applications based on Apple’s frameworks in the last year or so. I do my know how many will actually survive but there is quite a bit of developer interest. > Is there a reasonable alternative to VirtualBox/WMWare using the optimal way to run a VM on a Mac? I don't mind paying if it's worth it. I don’t know about VMWare, but Parallels does this (for money, I am not a fan of their subscription model). AFAIK the best free equivalent is UTM, which can use either Apple’s frameworks or QEMU: https://mac.getutm.app/ https://mac.getutm.app/ . > I have zero experience of Mac development but I am going to need to run Windows 7 (to use IE6 with old crypto to access an outdated state-ran system) on an M2 MacBook next week. What's the best way to achieve that? I would try UTM, personally.