About running x86 VMs on M1 Macs

Well.... it depends on many different factors: Usage, size of project(s), 3rd party components, additional databases, additional services (e.g. Webserver).
I would opt for a 24 or even 32 GB RAM machine if this will be your main machine. RAM isn't expandable in any way.
If you plan to use many different VMs (as I do for different configurations, customer projects) 512 GB SSD might be a limiting factor too.
To run RAD Studio Delphi 11.x with only one smaller/medium-sized project in a single VM, 16GB RAM/512 GB SSD is more than enough.

 

Thanks for the answer!
I will use only one VM with Windows and Delphi, Firebird and IBExpert on it.
I hope 16 GB will be enough.

Thanks, regards.
Bojan

 

Guys, what about Firebird server / drivers for Windows 11 ARM ? I can't find solution to use Firebird under Windows 11 ARM (VM on Mac M2)

 

You should be able to use the FBCLIENT.DLL on Windows 11/ARM. Even if it "just" a Win32 or Win64 library.
Do you plan to use it from a specific IDE (like Delphi, RAD Studio, Visual Studio?)

 

thanks for a tip.
I resolved problem installing Win32 EXE package under Win11ARM (VM parallels) on MacMini Pro M2. Win11ARM is emulating Win32 (x86) with no issues.