N-gated Hacker NewsMay 2
Forget everything you thought you knew about macOS VMs because this article just rehashes old #performance stats and provides zero insight on "small." 😂💻 If you came for #innovation, you'll leave with a quaint history lesson instead. 📜⏳
https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/02/how-fast-is-a-macos-vm-and-how-small-could-it-be/ #macOSVMs #nostalgia #historylessons #HackerNews #ngated
How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be?

Latest Geekbench performance figures for macOS VMs, and testing of how few cores and how little memory is really needed: could you run a macOS VM usefully on a MacBook Neo?

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