That might change. Apple could have something in their hands... why risk such a disrupting crazy move, just for the sake of getting rid of Intel? Hardly think so, I think we will presence something we have never thought of before.
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Rosetta Won't Support x86 Virtualization Apps Running Windows
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There was a way to run Windows back on the PPC Macs. I know there will be a way with these new Apple processors. It just won’t be a current version of Fusion or Parallels + Rosetta 2.
To your point, that’s emulation and not virtualization, but as long as it works, I don’t think most folks will care.
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🤣 ... Windows will always suck, otherwise a whole world of PC support companies/departments would collapse.
But seriously, MS should focus more on just (offline) Office software and make it uncluttered, intuitive and faster. Bring back the old Mac unit that made Office v.X and 2008. Way better Office than the current 365 version.
I'm pretty sure that, in the WWDC presentation demo, I saw Linux running as a guest within Parallels Desktop.
It sure can. But the software many people need is still X86. Still wont run in ARM windows.
Change for change’s sake is plain irrational. If Apple wants to change their OS platform then I can easily keep my development platform static by changing OS.
Apple will lose the developers as users. When you lose them then historically platforms die.
Over the last 10 years we've had Windows on our laptops. We use it less and less. Then owning a cheap Win laptop or getting one from work sort of became standard. I wonder how many people are still booting into Windows on a Mac? We were pretty regularly 2 years ago. But it's almost odd how it doesn't seem to matter anymore.
I disagree. This isn’t change for the sake of change. Apple didn’t adopt an existing platform for iPhone or iPad. They created a market way bigger than Mac and more valuable than Intel. If you want to code for iPhone or iPad you will buy a Mac. Why not make the Mac fully integrated with your best selling devices?
Why do you need Windows for development? So are you saying Apple will loose Mac developers or just 'developers' in general?
If not for boot camp I’d never have made the jump back to mac. But I think i uninstalled VMware and boot camp back in the snow leopard time frame.
I agree generally. I think the Windows thing is such a minor part of the world unless you are totally meshed into the Windows world who cares anymore? Which platform are more apps created for each month now? iOS or Windows?
Frankly I'm surprised it's as high as 2%. I really have no idea why someone would buy a Mac, then turn around and boot Windows on it.
The really interesting figure is how many of us run virtualization software like VMware, Parallels or VirtualBox. I assume that figure is much higher as that's the correct way of running Windows on a Mac. As a user who runs a fairly balanced mix of Windows and macOS apps on my MacBook Pro, if Boot Camp went away tomorrow, I wouldn't shed a tear.
They want these to be devices like your iPhone. Don’t tamper with it. Don’t put other OS’s on it. That’s their business model. Locked down as much as possible.
Safety net for noobs, and people who want to run windows games and don’t want to buy a second PC, I’d assume. Also the occasional software developer.
As Steve Ballmer said “developers Developers DEVELOPERS“.
I ran Microsoft Remote Desktop on my iPad Pro a few weeks ago for fun and connected to my Windows 10 Desktop as a test and it worked great. So considering this is basically the same processor I see know reason why that solution won't work.
So Tim Cook is an epic fail because his concern isn’t running another company‘s operating system on his hardware?