That's one thing that confuses me a bit about Apple's decision to
switch to ARM for their Macs. Since they switched to Intel, one of
What editor are you using? When you quoted my paragraphs, it was only putting a quote character (>) on the first line, and the rest of the lines in my paragraphs didn't have a quote character in front.
As to emulating windows, or running windows apps, I'm not sure if they
will work with MS towards better support, or drop the idea altogether
since core MS apps have Apple and Online versions, and there's likely
less use of Windows emulation these days compared to even a few years ago.
It's not "Windows emulation" (I haven't heard that term anyway). Currently, Windows can run on Macs because they use Intel processors - there's no emulation involved. And for the ARM macs, they'd have to emulate an Intel processor to enable Windows to run - not necessarily emulating Windows (I'm not enturely sure what "Windows emulation" would mean, exactly).
What editor are you using? When you quoted my paragraphs, it was only
putting a quote character (>) on the first line, and the rest of the
lines in my paragraphs didn't have a quote character in front.
Yeah, it does that (Thunderbird over NNTP). It's because your original message doesn't include actual line breaks, so it's a long, single line in the quote.
I was referring to the ARM case, where using Windows apps would likely
be via emulation, and on ARM for x86 windows would be a poor experience most likely. Of course there is Windows ARM, but without x86 there are
so few apps that are Windows ARM and Windows Only that it's not worth
the effort most likely.
I tried Puppy Linux some time ago, when I was a Linux n00b, and I found it interesting. It was a bit buggy, though.
If yoiu enjoy ultra-compact Linux distributions, Tiny Core Linux is worth checking. Keep in mind the core has the barebones necessary to boot and offe you a shell, and not much else. You are supposed to build up from there.
I actually wrote an article for Linux Magazine about packaging and deploying Tiny Core Linux extensions. It should be hitting the presses not long from n I have been testing it with some very old computers we have at work because might be the difference between throwing them away or not.
Yeah, it does that (Thunderbird over NNTP). It's because your original
message doesn't include actual line breaks, so it's a long, single line
in the quote.
Both SlyEdit and FSEditor for Synchronet do that now. The assumption is
that the reader should handle line wrapping. Is there a way to
configure the line length for quoting messages in Thunderbird?
I was referring to the ARM case, where using Windows apps would likely
be via emulation, and on ARM for x86 windows would be a poor experience
most likely. Of course there is Windows ARM, but without x86 there are
so few apps that are Windows ARM and Windows Only that it's not worth
the effort most likely.
I think it's geting more interesting now that Microsoft is developing a version of Windows 10 for ARM now too. I've heard that version of
Windows 10 also has a 32-bit x86 emulator so that you can run 32-bit
Intel desktop software in the ARM version of Windows 10.
So it sounds
like Intel processor emulation can be done on ARM, at least for a 32-bit Intel processor. What's also interesting is you might be able to run the
ARM version of Windows 10 on an ARM mac with Boot Camp, or in a virtual machine, the same way you can run Windows for Intel on an Intel Mac.
Yeah, I don't suspect that Mac will allow booting another OS, also don't know about virtualizing x86 windows on arm windows, emulated on arm mac.
I wouldn't expect a bootcamp option for ARM macs at all if you consider iOS device lockdown. Emulation might work, and may be crazy slow. I'm just not sure what practical applications most users need that would necessitate an x86 windows emulation on an ARM mac.
Note: I'm not against it, I just don't see it happening.
Note: I'm not against it, I just don't see it happening.
The ability to boot Windows on an Intel Mac has been one of their
selling points since they switched to Intel processors. Since both
Apple and Microsoft are now making versions of their OS for ARM-
based processors, I imagined Apple would still want to allow booting
Windows to appeal to those who'd want to do that. But I guess they
could go either way.
points since they switched to Intel processors. Since both Apple and Microsoft are now making versions of their OS for ARM-based processors, I imagined Apple would still want to allow booting Windows to appeal to those who'd want to do that. But I guess they could go either way.
Lubuntu has been my OS of choice for about 6 years now. Recently I felt li a change so now I'm duel booting into Lubuntu and Puppy Linux. So far I'm enjoying Puppy. It's chock full of every utility you can think of and more. It's blazing fast. I'll give my full report in about 6 months. :-).
Lubuntu is another fine choice for low-end systems. Uses LXDE and a
selection of smaller-footprint apps than vanilla Ubuntu. I ran it
well on single-core Thinkpads with a gig of RAM for years.
From what they've done with iOS devices, seriously doubtful. Today's
Apple products are tomorrow's e-waste.
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