> Parallels notes that these operating systems currently run "really slow" due to the overhead required for translation. Windows takes between two and seven minutes to boot, depending on the speed of your Mac, and "the responsiveness of the operating system is low." Rather than attempting to multi-task, Parallels says you should close the app you're using before trying to open another one.

I tried to run x86 Windows using UTM a while back (I was trying to test something that was x86-only and used a kernel driver, so couldn't run under ARM Windows). I had to give up on it because it was taking too long to boot (i.e. way longer than 7 minutes). So this sounds like an improvement.

On the other hand, we've had success using UTM for students with Apple Silicon Macs to run our x86 Linux VM that we use in our 2nd year University operating systems course. It's terminal-only (no desktop environment), but we do use VS Code's Remote SSH with it (which runs the VS Code backend in it).