27-inch iMac gets a major update

Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by JohnTHaller on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:05PM (#24052045)

Maybe not exclusively, but it would make more sense as users of their more 'budget' machines likely won't be put off by its inability to run Windows and running existing Mac software more slowly due to emulation (unless it's been recompiled in the latter half of 2020).

Edit: Thanks to the replies letting me know that Rosetta is still a thing. I somehow forgot. Updated.

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by ogre_codes on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:22PM (#24052258)

> inability to run existing Mac software (unless it's been recompiled in the latter half of 2020).

You will be able to run existing MacOS software on the new hardware under emulation. The Dev kits run emulation fairly well on a 2 year old iPad CPU so I would expect whatever new hardware they release will as well.

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by saagarjha on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:17PM (#24052204)

Existing Mac software should "just work" due to Rosetta.

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by Tagbert on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @08:58PM (#24056158)

Most Mac software should be ready with an Apple Silicon recompiled version when or soon after they ship. Apple has been showing how easy it is for most software to retarget the new chips will very little work.

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Re:27-inch iMac gets a major update by eyesee on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:16PM (#24052186)

Existing Mac software will run under emulation with Rosetta 2.

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