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Apple is in a very different position than they were with the switch to Intel. Some versions of Microsoft Office lack "legacy" features like Excel macros [1] an
by tl 4y ago
Apple is in a very different position than they were with the switch to Intel. Some versions of Microsoft Office lack "legacy" features like Excel macros [1] and collaborative editing [2]. Microsoft would love to run Office inside a version of Windows on the Mac, as part of an on-ramp to people buying Surface-branded hardware. Apple isn't going to be an euthastic provider of this.
[1] Works-ish on Mac, not at all on iPhone.
[2] Collaborative editing on the Mac version works until you point at a file hosted on an on-premise Sharepoint instance, then it's Windows only.
- johnwalkr 4y agoI'm confused by this comment. Apple seems to be fine with Windows running on M1, it's MS that doesn't provide licenses, although they do provide easy access to software images. And anecdotally, I can say that x86 windows apps running on ARM windows running on Parallels on an M1 mac works fine for the most part. And on my mac/in my org, collaborative features of Office (both in-browser and in-app) work equally well in Windows and MacOS.
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