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i wonder if M7 will not have elements in it that help with x86 to ARM on the fly translation that M1 had now that macOS 27 and beyond is ARM only with no Rosett

i wonder if M7 will not have elements in it that help with x86 to ARM on the fly translation that M1 had now that macOS 27 and beyond is ARM only with no Rosetta

bayindirh 17d ago
I bet it will, because cross-platform virtualization and containerization is a boon for Apple. Also, Rosetta will stay for older programs (esp. games) and some Intel specific frameworks per Apple's docs. I bet with all the transistor count increase, that circuitry is a blip.
- asimovDev 17d ago
  oh right, forgot about virtualization. Apple probably still need those customers that spend half of their day in Parallels Desktop
  - bayindirh 17d ago
    Also, being able to run x86 Linux binaries is important for developers: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/running-intel-binaries-in-linux-vms https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/run...
- pppnfnnqmrmntn 17d ago
  Apple can’t wait to ditch rosetta2, and dump all the development work on fex for supporting old legacy x86 software.