[esskay]

I highly doubt they ever will. Their insistance on baking in legacy support to modern Windows is their biggest downfall. Because of that every installation of Windows will always need to be backwards compatible and carry that burden.

[mcmcmc]

They've supported ARM since Windows 10, and there are multiple Surface models that have an ARM chip.

[esskay]

Supported is probably the wrong term. Tolerated might be better. Whilst Windows runs on it theres very little there beyond the usual Microsoft standard of "yep we did it, whats next" and ignoring the platform.

Making it work on ARM is one thing, making it work well, and supporting the platform are a far more important part of the puzzle.

[BirAdam]

I think this could be handled more elegantly, as Apple has been able to make x86 compatibility better and more performant than quite a bit of actual x86 silicon… for MS, the backward compat of their software stack is rather important for enterprise customers.

Honestly tho, I find modern Windows infuriating to use without stripping it down quite a bit. Tiny11 is a lifesaver.

[sgjohnson]

> I think this could be handled more elegantly, as Apple has been able to make x86 compatibility better and more performant than quite a bit of actual x86 silicon.

I wouldn’t count on this being the case going forward. Let’s not forget that some 4 years ago Apple decided to completely drop support for 32-bit apps. I wouldn’t be surprised if in 5-8 years time they decide to drop support for anything x86.

Apple hates supporting legacy crap. The exact moment when the vast majority of the recently updated Mac apps will have ARM builds, Apple will just set a release some years in the future that will kill native x86 support and that will be the end of it.

[pxc]

> I wouldn’t be surprised if in 5-8 years time they decide to drop support for anything x86.

I'd be pretty shocked if they didn't.

[dannersy]

Which is odd because I feel like they run a VM for older compatibilities anyway?