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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by xeeeeeeeeeeenu on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:52PM (#23604190)
Why not? Windows 10 for ARM can run x86 apps.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by notRobot on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:58PM (#23604319)
...very poorly. And only 32-bit apps.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by snazz on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:03PM (#23604473)
Yes. It appears that Rosetta 2 beats Microsoft's x86 emulation by a long shot. I wonder how they're avoiding Intel patents.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by donarb on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:26PM (#23604974)
What patents? All Apple is doing is translating x86 instructions to ARM instructions, they’re not emulating the processor.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by mobiliakas1 on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:38PM (#23605220)
Keep in mind that current macOS runs ONLY 64-bit x86 apps and interestingly Windows on ARM emulates ONLY 32-bit apps. Since 64-bit extensions were designed by AMD, maybe they have some deal with them?
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by moduspol on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:00PM (#23604361)
I did not know that.

Perhaps it's just to temper expectations then. If the performance or user experience isn't comparable to what today's users expect, it's probably better not to celebrate that use case.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by Mindwipe on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:05PM (#23604518)
> Why not? Windows 10 for ARM can run x86 apps.

Nobody who has ever attempted to use it would claim this.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by fomine3 on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:13PM (#23604696)
Why?
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by Mindwipe on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @06:43AM (#23612177)
Because to all intents and purposes it doesn't work.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by cmiles74 on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:59PM (#23604336)
I wouldn't expect Windows for ARM to run on Apple's custom chips.
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