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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1818051" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I agree. It's not that Bootcamp (which is free) is a great way to go in actuality (it requires re-booting to switch OS's and you can't run both simultaneously), it's just that it makes former Windows users feel good about buying a Mac, knowing that they can run Windows if they feel that they have to. It's a huge selling feature.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd wager the the possibility of that happening is about zero. Intel owns the rights to X86. They aren't going to just easily give a license to a huge customer to allow them to become a huge competitor instead. </p><p></p><p>Also, no one on the planet has the experience with X86 that Intel has. It seems highly unlikely to me that anyone is going to do it better. AMD has been chasing this goal for ages and still hasn't.</p><p></p><p>Also, going ARM-only coupled with traditional emulation software to provide backwards compatibility with old Mac software would likely be unacceptably slow. Transitive had very unique just-in-time technology that made Rosetta viable, but Transitive no longer exists; it was gobbled up by IBM. Once again, it might be an impossible licensing issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1818051, member: 190607"] I agree. It's not that Bootcamp (which is free) is a great way to go in actuality (it requires re-booting to switch OS's and you can't run both simultaneously), it's just that it makes former Windows users feel good about buying a Mac, knowing that they can run Windows if they feel that they have to. It's a huge selling feature. I'd wager the the possibility of that happening is about zero. Intel owns the rights to X86. They aren't going to just easily give a license to a huge customer to allow them to become a huge competitor instead. Also, no one on the planet has the experience with X86 that Intel has. It seems highly unlikely to me that anyone is going to do it better. AMD has been chasing this goal for ages and still hasn't. Also, going ARM-only coupled with traditional emulation software to provide backwards compatibility with old Mac software would likely be unacceptably slow. Transitive had very unique just-in-time technology that made Rosetta viable, but Transitive no longer exists; it was gobbled up by IBM. Once again, it might be an impossible licensing issue. [/QUOTE]
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