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68K support on the hardware side happened in OS 8.6. On the software side, it wasn't dropped until the Classic environment was. Legacy support has deteriorated
by timw4mail 6y ago
68K support on the hardware side happened in OS 8.6. On the software side, it wasn't dropped until the Classic environment was.
Legacy support has deteriorated more rapidly recently, it seems.
- scarface74 6y agoThe last 32 bit Mac was shipped in 2006. They announced they weren’t going to port Carbon to 64 bit about a decade ago. Was there really any great surprise that you shouldn’t be writing 32 bit software in 2015 let alone 2019?
- timw4mail 6y agoI think the bigger surprise is that the first Intel Macs were 32bit and/or had 32bit EFI. My gripe is more with how long they supported PowerPC on the Intel side.