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As some commenters pointed out, Apple already has a big part of the OS ported to ARM. iOS shares stuff with macOS - XNU Kernel and Foundation libraries. To have
by M4v3R 10y ago
As some commenters pointed out, Apple already has a big part of the OS ported to ARM. iOS shares stuff with macOS - XNU Kernel and Foundation libraries. To have a complete port they would need to port the drivers, AppKit and their applications. And it seems it wouldn't be very hard for them because they already did that once (from PowerPC) so they have some experience with that.
- Aeolos 10y agoI'm sure there already is a complete, working port of MacOS on ARM. Application compatibility is the real sticker.
- glasz 10y agoyou are correct, sir/mam.
- spiralpolitik 10y agoMuch easier this time around given that Carbon is no longer in the picture. There will be holdouts like Adobe and Microsoft, but those companies are not the powerhouses they used to be on the Mac. The switch to ARM is largely a matter of 'when' not 'if' at this point.