Docker on macOS is busted. I have heard that folks have had much better success with alternative implementation such as nerdctl. M1 virtualisation on itself is very fast and has almost no overhead.
> I have read of massive performance improvement with Linux on m1pro though so it might be a swap to that when more distros are available.
I wouldn't hold my breath. Doubt that M1 distros will ever become more than an impressive tech demo.
> Question is, has MacOS become bloated or not had attention to performance to make best use of the new hardware?
MacOS will always be "more bloated" than a basic Linux installation, it's an opinionated, fully features user OS that runs many more services in the background, e.g. code verification, filesystem event database, full-disk indexing etc. But the CPU/GPU performance is generally excellent. Of course, it boils down to the software you are running, if it is a half-assed port (like Docker on Mac) seems to be, it will eat up any advantage the hardware offers.
Docker on macOS is busted. I have heard that folks have had much better success with alternative implementation such as nerdctl. M1 virtualisation on itself is very fast and has almost no overhead.
> I have read of massive performance improvement with Linux on m1pro though so it might be a swap to that when more distros are available.
I wouldn't hold my breath. Doubt that M1 distros will ever become more than an impressive tech demo.
> Question is, has MacOS become bloated or not had attention to performance to make best use of the new hardware?
MacOS will always be "more bloated" than a basic Linux installation, it's an opinionated, fully features user OS that runs many more services in the background, e.g. code verification, filesystem event database, full-disk indexing etc. But the CPU/GPU performance is generally excellent. Of course, it boils down to the software you are running, if it is a half-assed port (like Docker on Mac) seems to be, it will eat up any advantage the hardware offers.