Are the AF SDK samples really using .NET 4.8 ??

Yes, the AF SDK is .NET Framework based and can only run on Windows. A .NET Core version is being worked on, but there's no release date set.

hmmm.. no arm64 versions of the .NET Framework 4.8 images. Understandable but I might be stuck.

Are you looking to just do the development on a Mac? Or are you looking to deploy to unix as well?

You could containerize it currently, but it would have to be a Windows based container, which can only run on Windows OS. When the .NET Core SDK is released, then it would be possible to also use Linux (or Mac for development).

It depends on what you're doing. If you're building a custom application and that's all you need the container for, then you only need the AF SDK DLL. You wouldn't actually need the AF Client installed in that scenario.

It depends on what you're doing. If you're building a custom application and that's all you need the container for, then you only need the AF SDK DLL. You wouldn't actually need the AF Client installed in that scenario.