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> With the Mac, Apple told everyone "we're moving to ARM and that's final." In ~mid 2020, when macs were all-but-confirmed to be moving to Apple-designed chips

by xmodem 2y ago

> With the Mac, Apple told everyone "we're moving to ARM and that's final." In ~mid 2020, when macs were all-but-confirmed to be moving to Apple-designed chips, but before we had any software details, some commentators speculated that they thought Apple wouldn't build a compatibility layer at all this time around.

musicale 2y ago
> some commentators speculated that they thought Apple wouldn't build a compatibility layer at all this time around. Unlike the PPC and x86 transitions? What was the rationale for such speculation?
- xmodem 2y ago
  > Unlike the PPC and x86 transitions? Yes. > What was the rationale for such speculation? IIRC, primarily they theorised that Apple would take the view that applications would be ported quickly enough there wouldn't be a need for one. I will try and dig some of them up but searching old videos and podcasts is painful.
- xmodem 2y ago
  ATP FM 383 - Demand paged outrage - https://atp.fm/383 https://atp.fm/383 starting around 1:12:20 Marco Arment: "if there is a compatibility layer, I wouldn't actually expect one, it'd be too slow and too crappy".... "anything related to x86 I think is not supported at all". Casey Liss: (talking about a compatibility layer) "...I want it to be there, but I don't think it'll be there, especially since Apple seems to be on their high horse about how mighty and powerful they are these days" Siracusa goes the other way - predicting that there will be a compatibility layer, mostly based on there being one the last two times. Then, incorrectly in my view, predicts it'll be worse than their previous attempts. I'm sure I remember other commentators from around the time saying similar things, but I can't find them.