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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

It's not that slow. https://www.imore.com/tests-show-apples-m1-emulates-x86-faster-intel-can-run-it-natively

Edit: actually I just benchmarked it and containerized x86 Linux runs at like 40% of native speed. So yeah, that's pretty freakin slow.

FWIW arm64 containers ran at nearly native speed, so it's the x86 emulation that seems to be causing the slowdown.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    yeah last i worked with it i was the first person in the company to evaluate the arm macs, and it basically couldn't run our application at all. took a full 40 minutes to spin up, then crashed.

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