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by augustl 1468 days ago
The current rumor is that Apple is open to Microsoft doing it, and that Microsoft has an exclusive license with Qualcomm for ARM windows. This license expires soon.

> "that's really up to Microsoft," [Craig Federighi] said. "We have the core technologies for them to do that, to run their ARM version of Windows, which in turn of course supports x86 user mode applications. But that's a decision Microsoft has to make, to bring to license that technology for users to run on these Macs. But the Macs are certainly very capable of it."

From: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/we-are-giddy-intervi...

Exclusivity deal rumor: https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-exclusivity-deal-mic...