Re:The future of my games on Apple and what this means for a...
by ken on Monday November 11, 2019 @01:44PM
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> Apple hasn't sold a computer with a 32 bit CPU in what, 8-9 years?
The Mini was the last Mac to make the switch to 64-bit, in "Mid 2007". So a little over 12 years.
For comparison, the Macintosh was on M68K from 1984 to 1994 (10 years), and on PowerPC from 1994 to 2006 (12 years). IOW, the Mac has been on 64-bit x86 for as long as they've been on any CPU architecture ever.
Another fun fact: there was less than 10 years between the last Apple IIe they sold and the first Power Mac G5.
The Mini was the last Mac to make the switch to 64-bit, in "Mid 2007". So a little over 12 years.
For comparison, the Macintosh was on M68K from 1984 to 1994 (10 years), and on PowerPC from 1994 to 2006 (12 years). IOW, the Mac has been on 64-bit x86 for as long as they've been on any CPU architecture ever.
Another fun fact: there was less than 10 years between the last Apple IIe they sold and the first Power Mac G5.