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Yea if Apple decides to not use the best out there there's no reason to own a Mac anymore. Hello old-a$$ Power PC.
Yea if Apple decides to not use the best out there there's no reason to own a Mac anymore. Hello old-a$$ Power PC.
AMD, we need AMD!!
Apple could buy this company and produce chips that destroy Intel's
This is just another rumor, I wouldn't put much thought into it.
Apple couldn't just buy every company out there.
Long live PowerPC!
This is just another rumor, I wouldn't put much thought into it.
G6 Dual Quad Core ... here we come! LOL
Could explain Apples reluctance to buy out ARM.
So it could be a system with a ARM CPU + PowerVR GPU (with OpenCL) running all the basic functions such as browsing, mail and any non intensive applications. Launch Photoshop and you spin up the Intel CPU without the built in GPU giving you lower power consumption. Launch a game and the discrete GPU gets going.
There's no reason that virtualization would not work, bootcamp seems unlikely though.
People want apple to buy ARM now?
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AMD seems the most logical choice if they want to dump Intel but still keep x86.
The APUs have an excellent GPU.
I've been through the PPC to Intel transition. It wasn't pretty.
ARM is what iOS runs on, so it would create more unity to have Mac OS also run on ARM. I wouldn't be that opposed to it if ARM was just as good as Intel and if I didn't already have an Intel Mac.
- VirtualBox does not emulate other processor architectures, and it's only made for x86.
No, there are huge reasons why virtualization would not work.
- WINE (WineIsNotAnEmulatorIsNotAnEmulator Is Not an Emulator) is not an emulator.
- VirtualBox does not emulate other processor architectures, and it's only made for x86.
Virtualization does not relate to specific products, it a general term.
ARM is what iOS runs on, so it would create more unity to have Mac OS also run on ARM. I wouldn't be that opposed to it if ARM was just as good as Intel and if I didn't already have an Intel Mac.
Not that there's anything stopping the VB people from writing a VM that works on other architectures.
Though it'd be kinda crappy. Running x86 applications in virtual environment on an ARM processor? That'd probably set your computer on fire.
Not that there's anything stopping the VB people from writing a VM that works on other architectures.
Though it'd be kinda crappy. Running x86 applications in virtual environment on an ARM processor? That'd probably set your computer on fire.
It didn't say they are considering. They WERE considering. It's not going to happen.If this is true, I guess my 2012 mbp will be my last Mac...
... and several apps were still Rosetta based up until Lion. One time was painful enough!
ARM is designed for mobile devices, while Intel x86 for general purpose computing. I don't think ARM chips will be equally as powerful as x86 chips - not until other companies other than Apple start using them in their desktop computers as well.
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple releases an ARM version of OSX ... or a significantly beefed up version of iOS for netbooks.
Yeah, but I was talking about WINE and VirtualBox, which are the two main virtualization programs for Mac OS.