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iOS apps on the desktop and the switch from x86 to ARM have uncomfortable many parallels with Windows 8 / RT. How is Apple's approach going to be different fro

by hs86 6y ago

iOS apps on the desktop and the switch from x86 to ARM have uncomfortable many parallels with Windows 8 / RT. How is Apple's approach going to be different from Microsoft's? Will they keep backward compatibility? Will the CPU architecture really be a day and night difference or are our expectations too high due to the ubiquity of inflated Geekbench numbers? This will either make or break the Mac as a platform and I feel like currently, any further investment would be a gamble.

pixelrevision 6y ago
One thing that would be very different from a windows transition is that Apple is much more aggressive about pulling support for backwards compatibility. MS spends a lot of energy to support really old software for businesses whereas Apple typically gives a 3 year window then pulls the plug.
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