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Including 64-bit support until Catalina was effectively the same as Rosetta: support for deprecated tech. A Rosetta for 64-bit is just kicking the can.
by robertoandred 6y ago
Including 64-bit support until Catalina was effectively the same as Rosetta: support for deprecated tech. A Rosetta for 64-bit is just kicking the can.
- jedberg 6y agoRight but my point is they only did that for two years, instead of five.
- yoz-y 6y agoThe writing was on the wall for a decade. And most applications did get an update.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoThe difference, to me, is that Rosetta was an inherently bad experience for users. The apps ran slower and used more battery, because despite Apple's best efforts, it was still an emulator, and emulators are slow. The amd64 architecture, by contrast, innately supports i386 code—that's a key feature of the platform! Removing support from macOS does not benefit users; it only benefits Apple by lowering Apple's maintenance burden. Given that Apple is one of the richest companies in the world, and they sell Mac hardware at a large markup, I'm not particularly sympathetic to their plight.