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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by perryizgr8 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @05:12AM (#37842397)
The forced 32 bit incompatibility on Macbooks is so weird. My laptop is perfectly capable of executing 32 bit codes. Why does the OS start lying to me that it can't after an update? It's one thing to offer a new product without some backward compatibility, but to remove it via an update? How is it remotely acceptable?
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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by ericswpark on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:27AM (#37842799)
By capable, the hardware is, but the software isn't. IIRC macOS removed the libraries required to run 32-bit applications back in Mojave or Catalina. So it's not really lying. While it is annoying that we can't use legacy software without resorting to workarounds like VMs, it does move the industry forward to 64-bit apps, on macOS at least.
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