Indeed... in some countries it could probably be considered a weapon of mass psychological warfare. It's rated 2.2 out of 10 on IMDb...

It is in raccoons, actually.

Agreed. According to Wikipedia, concentrated solar might have been used as far back as 212 BC.

Here you go: https://youtu.be/YeMnPyusuBE

That's not for you to unilaterally decide. I get objectively higher frame rates using x86-64 emulation on the M2 than virtualization on the 2019 MBP. So while Win11 for ARM's x86-64 emulation layer may suck at benchmarks, it's still a significant improvement for my use case at least. Other than benchmarks, what bad experiences have you had with it that led to your scathing assessment?

If you believe 40% of native is that bad, have you considered writing your own x86-64 emulation layer for ARM64 to see how it compares? QEMU's massive army of 1500+ developers doesn't seem to have done any better than the x86-64 emulation layer included with Win11 for ARM.

At least for my workload, which is admittedly more graphics intensive than CPU, it feels as fast, if not faster, than virtualizing the same x86-64 application using Parallels on a very nicely-configured 2019 Intel MacBook Pro. I haven't run benchmarks yet, but I will say that I am enjoying the improved performance compared to the previous laptop I was using, as well as the increased battery life that the M2 offers.

One possible reason: https://arstechnica.com/securi...

I use Parallels on an M2 MacBook Air to run a 3D-intensive x86-64 software package under Windows 11, and it is plenty speedy. The x86-64 emulation layer in Win11 is actually quite good. It's not as fast as Rosetta 2, but still quite usable. I did try using UTM for a while, and it was noticeably slower. Sharing folders between guest and host OSes was also terrible in UTM compared to Parallels.

Yeah, saw that. I wrote to Steam to complain, and told them to cancel my account... as I only signed up for Half Life anyway. Hopefully we don't have to wait another 25 years for a 64-bit macOS binary of HL :^)

Thanks, yeah some things around here never change, like
- dupe articles
- lack of Unicode support
- inability to edit posts after submitting them

But I'm seeing more and more early users coming back and posting, which is pretty cool.

I don't have the same link saloomy shared, but Wired did a really good write-up on TSMC and the topic of chip independence earlier this year.

Did all the trapped drivers get out and dance in a TikTok video? At least turn lemons into lemonade, people!

Came here to mention the macOS compatibility issue as well. For a free game, we got what we paid for, I suppose!

From this February:
"In the United States, there is the state of New Guinea. This state is located in the southeastern corner of the country and is bordered by Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. New Guinea is known for its beautiful beaches, mountains, and forests, and is home to the Appalachian Trail."

Speaking of ancient history, does anyone here remember DESQview?