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but the M1 can run x86 apps via rosseta 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(software)

• adrianN 6y ago
  Judging from history, that support will go away in a few years, like it did with PowerPC Rosetta after the switch to Intel.
  • alwillis 6y ago
    Judging from history, that support will go away in a few years, like it did with PowerPC Rosetta after the switch to Intel. Correct. Rosetta is a transitional technology to allow x86 apps to run on M-series Macs while their developers work on Universal versions that will run natively on M-series Macs in addition to Intel ones. Apple has been clear that they expect the transition to M series chips to take about 2 years… a couple of years after that, they'll stop including Rosetta with macOS and will require developers to ship native apps.
  • duskwuff 6y ago
    On the other hand, Apple supported 68k emulation for roughly 13 years, from the introduction of PowerPC Macs in 1994 to the removal of Classic mode in 2007 (after the Intel transition had already begun). The removal of Rosetta 1 is widely believed to have been rushed because it depended upon licensed technology. Since Rosetta 2 was an in-house design, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Apple kept it around considerably longer.