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> You and I shouldn't really expect to be able to tell Apple how to spend their money. I don't, I just think Apple chose to draw the line in a perplexing loca

• IntelMiner 4y ago
  Pure speculation on my part Perhaps it was "targeted" for some internal skunkworks project to get Windows running on ARM Macs? Linux/BSD obviously got there first (at least in the open) and Microsoft is under a Qualcomm only contract for now Microsoft can't directly request that Apple allow booting their OS, or work with them directly. But "leaving a spare key under the doormat" is a bit more innocent looking
  • kmeisthax 4y ago
    Almost certainly. I remember hearing Apple saying that they asked for Windows on ARM and were told no. That being said, ARM hardware is nowhere close to being cross-vendor interoperable[0] and going from Qualcomm to Apple Silicon would require a significant reverse-engineering effort on Microsoft's part. The "spare key under the doormat" is running Windows on ARM in a VM under macOS. [0] Hell, most vendors don't even bother with generational interoperability. Each chip is it's own island. Apple Silicon is a very unique exception.