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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (142210)	10/3/2012 3:24:18 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

What if it kept compatibility with Windows? For that to work well at all, there would have to be native processor support in Window 7 (or Windows 8...shudder) for whatever processor Apple chooses to replace Intel. Highly unlikely if Apple goes with their own chips. Emulation won't get it done.

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (142210)	10/3/2012 3:25:55 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213176

Don't care about windows. Care about Linux. We use Macs in development, but the deployed platform is not Apple, it's "servers". High performance ones, like Apple used to know how to make. No way would I subject my crew to the complications of developing on a hardware platform completely different than the target platform, our stuff is far too high performance and mission critical to be f'ing around like that. But its all a moot point, I don't for a moment believe Apple would be stupid enough to actually do this.

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (142210)	10/3/2012 4:15:39 PM
From: pyslent	Respond to of 213176

"What if it kept compatibility with Windows?" If the new Mac processor were ARM based, then it might be compatible with Windows RT. Is that good enough :)