It's worth remembering that Apple was testing ARM Macs a decade ago. They waited until they had CPU performance that was good enough to run emulated x86 softwa

It's worth remembering that Apple was testing ARM Macs a decade ago. They waited until they had CPU performance that was good enough to run emulated x86 software to pull the trigger. I'd add a point three to the above: Apple's own in-house software was ready to go when they launched the new chip.