Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs

Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by claudeganon on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:59PM (#23604343)

Unless the new ARM chips can handle VirtualBox well, I’ll pick up the last intel model. I have to work with old ASP apps in IE VMs side-by-side with stuff on my Mac every day.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by tinus_hn on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:25PM (#23604965)

IE is dead and will be gone before Intel Macs are.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by claudeganon on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:21PM (#23605976)

I know, that’s why I run it in compatibility mode in a VM. Just because it’s dead, doesn’t mean there aren’t organizations that have built mission critical web apps that only work in IE and those of us who have the burden of dealing with them.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by tinus_hn on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:36PM (#23606236)

You’ll be able to do that for so long that by then you can emulate the whole OS it runs on in a web browser. It’s obsolete after all.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by jbverschoor on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:02PM (#23604435)

If it uses the virtualization kit, it shouldn’t be a problem. Unfortunately only veertu, xhive, and part of parallels do so

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by monocasa on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:09PM (#23604605)

Unless it only allows ARM VMs.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by floatboth on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:39PM (#23605238)

They demoed Parallels running an x86 Debian VM

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by monocasa on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:48PM (#23605412)

Where did it say x86?

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by r00fus on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @01:10AM (#23610122)

What's the state of using cloud Windows images vs. local for this sort of testing?

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by claudeganon on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @03:19PM (#23618878)

Dunno. The free Windows VMs I have saved can be reloaded in VirtualBox and used pretty much forever. They can’t run any serious software very well (on my old MacBook anyway), but I’m just using them to support some legacy web apps.

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