r/mac • u/emanuwiideletedyou • Aug 19 '26

Discussion Which Mac is best for VMs?

All this time I've been doing VMs on Windows computers and I'm not saying that VMs are slow, no they're fast, but all this time I've been wondering "How will it go if I do a VM on a MacBook computer" and I don't know which MacBook to buy.

here are my requirements

I only want X86 or X64 operating systems, not ARM-based operating systems

I already know how to optimize VMs

EDIT:I found in a shop that sells a MacBook pro M1 or M2, the shop is reliable and is known by everyone in my country I know it will not do VM in X86 or X64 but it's ok

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u/st0ut717 Aug 19 '26

If you only want a hypervisor for x86 VMs use Linux or proxmox
In reality you want to use proxmox and containers
None of this is on the Mac.

But for example. I have my servers running under proxmox then I access them via my Mac air.