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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by mmcconnell1618 on Monday April 02, 2018 @04:18PM (#16738880)
I think developers flocked to Intel Macs because it gave them one machine that could run Mac, Linux, Windows in virtual or bootcamp environments. If x86 compatibility goes away, developers may jump ship to Linux or Windows machines.
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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by squiggleblaz on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:09PM (#16770176)
I used to have a PPC G5 iMac running Linux. It was fine; hitched me onto the Linux-on-Mac train for more than a decade once I finally ditched Mac OS X. And Linux already works nicely on ARM - it's the most common deployment.

This may be a terrible outcome for multi-OS users, but it's not guaranteed.

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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by pjmlp on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @03:30AM (#16742566)
UNIX developers you mean.
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