By: anonymous2 (anonymous2.delete@this.example.com), June 22, 2020 12:18 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
> What would that even mean? ARM Macs will be fully binary compatible with
> iPhone and iPad apps, which tells me that it already is unified.
Thanks. I hadn't seen that when I asked.
I think this is why Apple pushed iOS apps to 64-bit only when they did (64-bits is not a requirement, but the sooner creative apps support it the better.)
> If you mean replacing the desktop interface with the iPad one, I don't think that's likely to happen, ever.
No, I expect there are reasons to have different interfaces though I can see all the layers below the surface could end up the same.
It seems this is a combination of:
* Taking advantage of the iPhone/iOS app ecosystem
* Maintaining purchasing leverage over Intel
* Apple hedging their bets (they can do both for a while)
> iPhone and iPad apps, which tells me that it already is unified.
Thanks. I hadn't seen that when I asked.
I think this is why Apple pushed iOS apps to 64-bit only when they did (64-bits is not a requirement, but the sooner creative apps support it the better.)
> If you mean replacing the desktop interface with the iPad one, I don't think that's likely to happen, ever.
No, I expect there are reasons to have different interfaces though I can see all the layers below the surface could end up the same.
It seems this is a combination of:
* Taking advantage of the iPhone/iOS app ecosystem
* Maintaining purchasing leverage over Intel
* Apple hedging their bets (they can do both for a while)