Native? Are you comparing emulated x86 to native Windows ARM via dual-boot?

xet7 · on Dec 30, 2022

Windows arm64 can not boot natively on M1/M2. There is no drivers for Windows to do that. It's just about running Win11 arm64 in Parallels in macOS.

Asahi Linux has modified kernel where is M1/M2 drivers, and remaining of Asahi is from Arch Linux. Asahi is installed like new version of macOS, notification about it goes to Apple, Apple just does not know it's actually Asahi Linux install. M1/M2 hardware has possibility for Linux by design, Apple most likely had some minimal Linux running on it for test purposes. There are also other FOSS distros for M1/M2, they use partially same packages and ways to make installing dual boot OS possible.

It's also possible to install macOS and Asahi Linux to external SSD drive and boot from there. But part of boot is still at internal drive, so it's not like boot at any computer yet.

joshspankit · on Dec 30, 2022

That’s where I thought we were on the M1/M2 but got really curious about your statement “the performance feels native.”

I thought you were saying that you found a way to run Windows on bare metal and were comparing bare metal vs Parallels

xet7 · on Dec 30, 2022

Currently I'm booting M1 Air 16 GB RAM version from external 2 TB Samsung T7 Shield SSD, because it has more space for Mac software.

https://www.uubyte.com/blog/how-to-install-macos-ventura-on-...

Internal 256 GB disk has dual boot macOS and Asahi Linux.