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It's probably only a matter of time before Apple drops support for OpenGL and/or x64 binaries, which would wipe out another whole chunk of Mac gaming history.
by jsheard 3y ago
It's probably only a matter of time before Apple drops support for OpenGL and/or x64 binaries, which would wipe out another whole chunk of Mac gaming history.
PowerPC binaries are no longer usable, x86 binaries are no longer usable, I don't see why they wouldn't do it again in the name of streamlining the platform.
- als0 3y ago> x86 binaries are no longer usable What do you mean by this? Rosetta 2 is very fast and it runs a lot of x86 apps well.
- jsheard 3y agoI meant x86 as in 32-bit Intel, as opposed to x64 or x86-64 or AMD64 or whatever you want to call it. Catalina ended support for 32-bit binaries even on Intel Macs, and Rosetta2 could never run 32-bit code.
- n6h6 3y ago> or whatever you want to call it I feel for you lmao. Technology naming conventions are a shitshow, and CPU architecture is no exception.
- philistine 3y agoApple is a weird company. They are absurdly proud of Rosetta 2. It’s one of the most impressive codebase in the world. And Apple is working as hard as possible to remove it as soon as possible.