[coconut08]

you have access to docker on both windows and macos

[p_ing]

Under virtualization (or emulation if amd64 on arm64). May as well spin up that VM.

[coconut08]

I'm not sure what your point is. virtualized or not you can run docker on any mainstream operating system using any mainstream hardware and get near native performance.

[p_ing]

Outside of development, running containers on macOS/Windows doesn't make sense. And macOS is using emulation via Rosetta, not virtualization on M-series.

[user_of_the_wek]

Only if there is no arm variant of the image you want to run.