.NET dev on macOS

You doing .NET dev on your Mac?

I installed Parallels desktop software on my mac, so that I could install windows lol. It worked great at first, then started to give me some problems. I did enjoy working on the mac though.

Ah, that’s a shame. I used Parallels for many years (after switching from VMware Fusion) and it was reliable for me right up until I replaced my trusty Intel MBP with an Apple Silicon one.

Ah, that’s a shame. I used Parallels for many years (after switching from VMware Fusion) and it was reliable for me right up until I replaced my trusty Intel MBP with an Apple Silicon one.

So what do you use now? A separate Windows machine? Cant you develop using ARM version of Windows, via a VM on your Mac?

I just don’t do any Windows-based development now. I wouldn’t be able to use Windows for ARM, because not every tool in my previous stack (e.g. SQL Server) is available for ARM

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more and more .net developers are using the MAC though, but they are using jetbrains rider and using docker to set up things like sql server.

All true, however you can’t run full-fat SQL Server on ARM-based hardware, regardless of virtualisation, containerisation, etc. There are alternatives like SQL Edge for devs using Apple Silicon devices, but that means sacrificing features like full-text indexing, DB snapshots, auto-shrink, etc

Some of the painful facts I found out about Silicon devices after buying them :smiling_face_with_tear: