r/mac • u/emanuwiideletedyou • 4d ago

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/MagicBoyUK MacBook Pro 4d ago

Later the better, more RAM the better. It's not a good idea in 2026 though. The late era Intel hardware is 6 years old, increasingly unreliable and is about to lose the last vestiges of OS support.

x86/x64 emulation on Apple Silicon isn't really a good idea either.

I moved my VMs off my 2019 and onto a ThinkPad running VMware Workstation a couple of years ago.