So, one of my classes uses a proprietary x86 Windows/Linux program. And the only laptops I know of with workable performance and battery life are aarch64 Macs.
In other words, I have an excuse to see if QEMU's emulation layer is any good.
@emmy I'd never have thought Intel emulation on ARM would work particularly well, given how very different the architectures are, but, Rosetta2 demonstrates it can be done with surprising efficiency, though inevitably with some cost.
Could be interesing to see how well optimised QEMU's emulation is!
@noiob @emmy I wouldn't be surprised! Emulation performance was going to be a key requirement for a smooth transition, and that's very much how Apple goes about core API implementation: if something can be improved by putting it in silicon, and it's justified, they will.