What does getting 100% accomplish for them? Forcing developers who don´t want to / can´t conform to App Store rules to no longer offer their product to Apple´s consumer majority? I don´t think Apple REALLY want ANOTHER OSX platform to worry about, keeping it simple with iOS, iOStablet, and OSX (x86 and ARM) is very manageable, the different executable format is trivial. Many developers will CHOOSE to only distribute their ARM versions via App Store… Once there is inertia, ANY ARM App will by default be offered on the App Store (if not exclusively) once that is what consumers expect, and Apps that DON´T do this will tend to lose market-share to the convenience of App Store downloads. Simply by shifting the low-end ´iBook´ market to ARM itself is a disruption that will almost certainly be able to boost Apple´s App Store. If Apple do move to ARM on the low-power laptop end, losing most major apps already in the process, they’ll use this chance to move these lower end systems over to iOS and lock them down tight.īut why do they really need it ´locked down tight´? IT all depends upon how desperate MS gets (and personally how many Linux distros release ARM versions).Īs for the high end? All I can think is ‘wait & see’.
That said, if Apple were to release OSX on ARM there would be less chance of MS restricting the platform and keeping the WinTel virtual monopoly in place.
I can’t help wondering if the big hand of MS is muddying the waters here. If enough of them ‘Just Say No’ then using W8 or OSX on the ARM platform will have a limited life. Will the likes of Adobe follow and make versions of their consumer products (PS Elements) available on the new platform for both OSX & W8.
PENTIUM PROCSSOR HACKINTOSH WINDOWS 8
With Microsoft stating that Windows 8 will run on ARM as well (it remains to be seen if that is FUD or real) also puts the death of low end Intel Powered laptops very much on the menu. Their USP would be the 24hr (or thereabouts) battery life. With this in mind, moving to ARM CPU’s is really a no brainer. The majority of laptop users (both Windows & OSX) do remarkably similar things.ġ) Browse the web and use web services (eg Facebook etc) inc uploading content.Īll of those (non gamers) can be accomplished using applications that are pretty well OOTB. I suppose that is one way to keep intel happy. There are many reports that Apple are going to use Intel as a foundry for their future ARM designs.
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