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So Apple changed their OS numbering system. Is there any more significance to this event?
by crystaln 6y ago
So Apple changed their OS numbering system. Is there any more significance to this event?
- swyx 6y agowhy exactly did they change the version number? i dont get it
- jaywalk 6y agoI don't think Apple has explicitly said anything, but the fact that this version will support a new CPU architecture seems like a pretty good reason.
- sudosysgen 6y agoNot really, OS X supports PowerPC and Intel (32 and 64 bits) at various stages in it's lifetime.
- aylmao 6y agomacOS 11 will support Intel and ARM.
- dmitriid 6y agoCPU architecture change wasn't enough for the 10.x line to bump the version number. And it was a much bigger deal then that it is now.
- unethical_ban 6y agoFrom reading the article, it is more about the migration of macOS toward an iOS model in philosophy and, occasionally, system design.