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Apple has publicly stated their intent to permit users to run other operating systems on Apple silicon, and has provided various mechanisms for them to do so in
by xmodem 6y ago
Apple has publicly stated their intent to permit users to run other operating systems on Apple silicon, and has provided various mechanisms for them to do so in a first-class way (still supporting secure boot, for instance). Of course, they haven't gone as far as many of use would like - marcan has had to do a lot of reverse engineering of stuff they could have just released the docs for, and it's always possible they'll change their mind and reverse course.
But those of us who daily-drive macs but need to use Linux occasionally are very much rooting for this to be a going concern.
- jahnu 6y agoCan you link to the public statement? Would greatly appreciate that, thanks!
- JimDabell 6y agoCraig Federighi: > As for Windows running natively on the machine, "that's really up to Microsoft," he said. "We have the core technologies for them to do that, to run their ARM version of Windows, which in turn of course supports x86 user mode applications. But that's a decision Microsoft has to make, to bring to license that technology for users to run on these Macs. But the Macs are certainly very capable of it." — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/we-are-giddy-interviewing-apple-about-its-mac-silicon-revolution/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/we-are-giddy-intervi...
- Emendo 6y agoIt's a pretty disingenuous way to blame Microsoft. Afterall, there are two ways that Windows 10 on Mac M1 could have occurred: Microsoft could relax the licensing so that end users could buy/install Windows 10 onto the Mac M1, or Apple could approach Microsoft like any other OEMs and license/preinstall Windows 10. We know the latter isn't going happen.
- JimDabell 6y agoI don’t see what’s disingenuous about it? Apple are basically saying that they haven’t put in any technical barriers to stop Microsoft from porting Windows to the M1, and that Microsoft are free to do so if they want.
- jahnu 6y agoThanks!
- jurmous 6y agoThe public statement is in the software by allowing to boot even non signed OSs from an external disk. https://techsviewer.com/how-to-allow-m1-and-t2-mac-to-use-an-external-startup-disk/ https://techsviewer.com/how-to-allow-m1-and-t2-mac-to-use-an...
- globular-toast 6y agoImagine buying hardware where the manufacturer has to explicitly permit you to run certain software on it. No thanks...