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Maybe Apple should have a look at this - if ARM emulation fast enough on X86, you could potentially run iOS and OSX on the same machine. I wouldn't mind an App
by dharma1 14y ago
Maybe Apple should have a look at this - if ARM emulation fast enough on X86, you could potentially run iOS and OSX on the same machine.
I wouldn't mind an Apple tablet with an optional bluetooth keyboard (and mouse?) running both iOS and OSX. The Win8 dual OS paradigm isn't perfect, but for now it works pretty OK - especially if you want something ultra portable for both work and play.
- udp 14y agoI don't think Apple would have a problem making iOS run on x86 if they wanted to. That's pretty much what the iOS simulator does already.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoThis wouldn't fly; a dual-OS situation is more complexity than Apple would like to expose. If anything, it's more likely that ARMs start popping up on the Mac. Remember that Apple has a reasonable amount of control over ARM, where they have to take whatever Intel gives them for x86.
- dharma1 14y agoOSX running on ARM? I don't think that would fly, not enough horsepower and you'd have to rewrite/recompile all legacy apps, exactly the problem Win8 RT has with ARM. If x86 mobile SoC's do improve as much as Intel thinks over ARMin the next 1-2 years, will be interesting where that leaves Apple and iOS.