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Re:First Arm Macs: 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Redesigned iMac; Lat... by cable2600 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @04:27PM (#23595128)
Possible so, unless Apple makes the ARM chip run Intel code. Windows is overrated now and only Windows 10 matters at this point in time.

For $150 you can buy a cheap Intel based PC laptop with Windows 10 on it.

I think Bootcamp might work for ARM based Linux and the ARM version of Windows 10. At least Raspberry PIs that are ARM based can run those.

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Re:First Arm Macs: 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Redesigned iMac; Lat... by GradientAssent on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:09PM (#23595427)
Many games still aren't available on Mac, and things like Wine are not nearly as clean of an experience as just installing games in native Windows. I'd guess switching to ARM will set back the progress made in Mac gaming as well.
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Re:First Arm Macs: 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Redesigned iMac; Lat... by acephal on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:18PM (#23595490)
They sent the message they wanted everybody to hear about gaming when they turned the lever on 32bit support
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Re:First Arm Macs: 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Redesigned iMac; Lat... by ghettoimp on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:15PM (#23595472)
Would Intel be able to use patents to prevent them from doing x86 emulation?
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Re:First Arm Macs: 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Redesigned iMac; Lat... by dogma1138 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @06:44PM (#23595946)
They did so to block NVIDIA so quite likely.
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Re:First Arm Macs: 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Redesigned iMac; Lat... by Hamuko on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:30PM (#23595575)
>For $150 you can buy a cheap Intel based PC laptop with Windows 10 on it.

Is there any point in a $150 computer, especially if it's $150 including Windows?

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Re:First Arm Macs: 13-Inch MacBook Pro, Redesigned iMac; Lat... by nojito on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:32PM (#23595589)
Of course. You can get great deals from used/refurbished business laptops for that price.
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