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Someone described ARM Macs as targeting the modern developer, i.e. one targeting mobile first. I wouldn't want a Mac incapable of running Windows, but I don't t

• snazz 6y ago
  Windows itself runs on ARM64 just fine. The third party software usually still requires Microsoft’s emulation layer. I’m not sure that Apple would still maintain Boot Camp, however. I doubt that that matters as much as it used to.
  • cbhl 6y ago
    To me, it's funny how the newer legacy software that's 64-bit only is going to be the problem in an ARM64 world -- the 32-bit x86 binaries will still be fine.
    • Tagbert 6y ago
      That might be a problem in the Windows world but it is unlikely to be a problem for Mac OS. This is likely why Apple finally shut down the 32-bit apps last year. Almost any app built using the Apple 64-bit libraries (both Objective-C and Swift) should be relatively easy to recompile with an ARM64 target.
    • mappu 6y ago
      My impression is that Microsoft are taking a very conservative interpretation of the x86 ISA patents (compared to e.g. qemu-user which has made this available for years now). Patents have a 20 year lifespan, most of the x86_32 ones have expired, but x86_64 is just barely still covered (the first publication was in 2000, and first commercial product was on AMD Opteron/Athlon64 in 2003). So it's probably just a matter of time before the userland emulation stuff is further extended, although we won't get anything newer than SSE2 for the same reason.