AnalysisDevelopersJuly 6, 2026

Developer discovers Cowork spins up full VM while Claude Code does not

A Reddit user found a 10GB Ubuntu ARM64 cloud image in Cowork's app-support folder, booted via Apple's Virtualization.framework. Claude Code apparently uses a lighter sandbox, avoiding the full VM overhead.

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Developer discovers Cowork spins up full VM while Claude Code does not — AIBriefs