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		scarface74 on Aug 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Apple Will Switch to ARM-Based Macs (2014) MacOS always ran on x86 chips. SJ admitted as much. There was always a skunk works project to keep OS X compatible with x86z

imwillofficial on Aug 23, 2022 [–]

The parent comment wasn’t expression frustration at that, He was expression frustration at people thinking running OS X on arm way back when was some kind of feat.

At the time, it was.

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