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I have an old card printer that I only use occasionally, and firing up a windows 7 virtual machine is (was?) the most convenient way to do it. I think it's not so uncommon to have old devices around that don't work with newer versions of windows.


Perhaps a Macbook is now fast enough to just run Windows 7 in full emulation? Haven't tried, though.

Edit: Checked on Youtube. Yeah, Windows 7 seems to be fast enough on an Apple silicon Macbook in full emulated mode. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zqfv54CzI


I don’t think that use case is worth designing a computer for in 2025




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