Parallels apple silicon
You’ve got build tools that assume GCC is available, sometimes you’ve got areas where compilers themselves disagree.Īnd I’m not certain they support all the same intrinsics. So migrating to Clang could conceivably cause distracting problems. The honest answer is that clang is probably enough, however there exists a lot of software (and even a majority) where the developers use the GCC toolset. In the meantime I’m still interested in an ARM laptop, ideally with non-restricted & non-proprietary UEFI (probably pushing my luck).ĭo you really need GCC? Is clang not enough? (Honest question here). GCC doesn’t support it natively for example. Until linux support and native tooling improves, it’s probably not a viable option for my purposes. To be honest I wouldn’t be interested in using it as an emulator since it defeats the efficiency advantages of using ARM. Some apps work completely under rosetta emulation, but issues have been reported for others like skype, autocad, inkscape, kodi, etc for example… It makes sense to check your apps for compatibility.
PARALLELS APPLE SILICON INSTALL
I’ve wanted an ARM laptop for a while, and apple’s M1 laptops have exceptional ARM performance, which is a pro, but the issue there is I don’t want to fight with it just to be able to install linux and use open source tools. However for a portable laptop, I wouldn’t mind having one at all. Their ARM desktop computers are under-performant for me (I can’t emphasize this enough, I know different people have different needs and that it may be good enough for them). Personally I like to distinguish between the merits of the machine and the merits of the platform. Even if I’m on the fence about sticking with the Mac platform or switching to Linux. For me the ability to run Windows is a precondition to buying one of these new Macs, so this is great news.