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MacOS has also been much more willing to break backwards compatibility. You haven't been able to directly run 1993-vintage software for a long time, much longer
by djur 4y ago
MacOS has also been much more willing to break backwards compatibility. You haven't been able to directly run 1993-vintage software for a long time, much longer than the equivalent Windows period. And the difference gets even clearer for more recent software.
- neilalexander 4y agoThe other big factor here is that Apple have used four entirely different processor architectures since 1993 — M68k, PowerPC, Intel and ARM — whereas Windows has only ever really enjoyed widespread popular use on Intel and compatibles.