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183 points ahamez | 3 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.012s | source
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giancarlostoro ◴[09 Apr 25 12:41 UTC] No.43631399[source]▶
Does something like Whisky work in the new macOS Apple Silicon world? I assume its quite a bit slower to simulate Windows while at the same time translating x86 to Apple Silicon. I ask because this would be a justified break from this project, it's kind of a nightmare setup, you're better off just buying a $300 Windows laptop at Walmart or something.
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1. actionfromafar ◴[09 Apr 25 12:45 UTC] No.43631425[source]▶
Don't see why Wine would be slower than any other x86 application ran in emulation.
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2. Rohansi ◴[09 Apr 25 14:06 UTC] No.43632298[source]▶
Because Wine is a translation layer for Windows APIs into what the host operating system requires. Including translating DirectX into Vulkan/Metal.
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3. actionfromafar ◴[09 Apr 25 19:21 UTC] No.43636530[source]▶
Yes, it's a bit of overhead, but todays software is already so full of layers upon layers. Every Electron app is much heavier than Wine.