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From: Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
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Subject: Re: Mac OS 11 - end of OS for my iMac...
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:38:54 -0000 (UTC)
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In message <201120201405339798%nospam@nospam.invalid> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <slrnrrg0ab.dag.g.kreme@ProMini.lan>, Lewis
> <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:

>> 
>> Apple was pretty fast to stop support on PowerPC Macs, but even then I
>> think it was 7?
>> 
>> Let's see, Tiger came out in Jan 2006 with support for Intel Mac and
>> 10.7 dropped Intel macs in July 2011, so 5 years?

> part of that was due to ibm buying rosetta and refusing to license it
> to apple (or anyone else for that matter). apple had no choice but to
> cease offering it. that said, demand had certainly dropped off.

Yes to both of those.

> rosetta 2 is apple's own technology and they can keep it going as long
> as they see a reason to do so.

Apple does not call it Rosetta 2 AFAIK.

<https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple_silicon/about_the_rosetta_translation_environment>

> keep in mind that there are a *lot* more mac users with a *lot* more
> intel apps than in the previous transition.

Yes, but this Rosetta is 1) all apple and 2) runs intel apps faster
than intel chips do.


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