Interesting question.
There are still plenty of Intel-based Macs available that will be able to run this new version of macOS.
But I think this is aimed at people building stuff in php, python, and other languages that are not CPU-dependent.
Otherwise it would just be competing with Parallels, right?
As an aside, I hear Parallels running X86 apps using Rosetta on an M-series CPU isn’t very fast. I wonder how it will compare to this new approach running on an Intel-based Mac MIni or MBP?
There were MBPs that shipped with i9’s in them; the Mac Minis maxed-out at 4-core i7’s.
My 2018 Mac MIni (i7) is fast enough for my needs, but it’s having heat problems, and slows down as it gets hotter. I’m thinking of replacing it.
-David Schwartz
Yeah, I heard about that. The question I have is can you package images for x86 architecture without Docker Buildx/QEMU with Mac's on Apple silicone . Mac's Rosetta 2 is supposed to be able to do it. But Idk. Most use cases for Linux containers in the cloud need to be packaged for x86.
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