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Post by Lstream on Oct 31, 2012 12:51:42 GMT -8
How hard is not relevant to the core issue. Legacy software expects an Intel Instruction Set. Apple cannot do that. Which means no legacy software support. If Apple wants to abandon that then they could do anything they want including putting their own processor in a Mac. Still seems pointless to me.
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Post by rezonate on Nov 1, 2012 1:05:30 GMT -8
Of course virtual keyboards have their limitations and misuses. I don't want to know how much time I've lost writing in French using a Qwerty keyboard layout, the one I've been using for decades, with the language set to French, and finding that I need an accented letter because the auto-correct feature can't or won't automatically generate it for me, switch to Azerty, type the accented letter and then switch the keyboard back and discover some time later that Word decided that I am now writing in English and is happily charging every word that I am writing into some other English word. Hey tourist, I think in Mountain Lion (10.8) you can hold down a keyboard key and the accented variations pop up. Use the mouse to select the one you need. |
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Post by nathanstevens on Nov 1, 2012 8:20:34 GMT -8
Legacy software expects an Intel Instruction Set. Apple cannot do that. Which means no legacy software support. Thanks for the pointer to the Intel Instruction Set. I read a little about RISC vs. CISC and have a somewhat better idea about the complexities involved. |
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