Yes, they already demonstrated Intel-programs running on MacOS Big Sur (version 10.16, or is it OS X 11, no one seems to know yet) on an Apple Silicon Mac. They also announced new virtualization hypervisor in the new MacOS that will make virtual machines running Linux and Windows faster and more efficient in terms of power, heat, etc.. The only sticking point is Boot Camp, much of it depending on much Microsoft ARM64 Windows 10 can or cannot be moved to new Mac.
Jonathan > On Jun 25, 2020, at 6:42 PM, René J.V. Bertin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday June 25 2020 16:21:36 Jonathan Prescott wrote: > > Peachy O:-) > > I guess it was coming, giving how they've been making them behave more and > more like giant iPads with keyboards and such... > Oh well, it was already clear that I'd never buy a new Mac anymore. > >> Based on the announcements at WWDC, Macs are going to transition to “Apple >> Silicon” based on Apple implementation of ARM64, plus a whole bunch more > > One *could* read this as "a whole bunch of other computer makers are going to > transition" and "Apple will become a silicon pusher". That (the 1st bit) > *would* be interesting... > > Either way I assuming there will be a new Rosetta framework, so for some time > at least existing x86 applications should continue to function more or less > normally. I seem to remember that XQuartz/PPC ran quite properly under > Rosetta, am I wrong? > > R. > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
