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My opinion is that Apple needed bootcamp to reassure users they could still use their windows software even if they were switching to Mac back when bootcamp was
by scotu 6y ago
My opinion is that Apple needed bootcamp to reassure users they could still use their windows software even if they were switching to Mac back when bootcamp was released. Now Apple and its ecosystem don't need windows anymore, in fact they would not like you to use anything other than ios and macos...
- spijdar 6y agoAlternatively, it looks likely that Apple will use their own GPU designs in at least some, if not all, of their ARM Macs. So running Windows on ARM would necessitate Apple porting drivers for their GPU to Windows. I have to imagine they did a cost analysis on that and decided it wasn't worth the time to support a competing platform which most users would only want for its own compatibility layer, some for games, which would need proper DX9/10/11/12 drivers for said GPU. (this also is probably part of the reason apple deprecated opengl, I imagine)
- ksec 6y ago>Alternatively, it looks likely that Apple will use their own GPU designs in at least some, if not all, of their ARM Macs. Apple Removing Support for AMD GPUs in macOS Arm64 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23754055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23754055
- floatboth 6y agoThis is not "removing", this is "not adding yet"? Quite likely they'll support eGPUs, and maaaaaybe big MacBook Pros with Apple SoC + AMD GPU could eventually happen??
- kalleboo 6y agoOpenGL is still supported (and still marked deprecated) on Apple ARM