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hexoicmusic t1_j4qpk8y wrote

Wow. We might actually see the end of the hackintosh

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Youvebeeneloned t1_j4rqgh9 wrote

Eventually but not any time soon. Maybe in a year or two... but at the same time M chip based MacOS is ARM... and I would not be shocked if someone figured out a way to make other manufactures ARM based architecture run MacOS not unlike how people figured out how to get OS X to continue working on x86 chips long after apple moved to x64 and removed any of the instruction set to allow it to work.

honestly though probably not much of a market to it other than for some hardware/software hackers to say they could and put it on their resume.

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Koffiato t1_j4vpsx8 wrote

If I remember correctly, Apple has extra instructions on chip for the CPU and have completely proprietary GPU. We don't have access to these in different hardware configurations which would make Hackintoshing next to impossible.

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elister t1_j4rppyh wrote

Correct. After this, no more updates to x86 MacOSX. Its all ARM from this point on, or until Apple gets bored switches to Texas Instruments OMAP format to sell more desktops.

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hexoicmusic t1_j4rptys wrote

I’m sure we’ve got a few years till they cut ongoing intel support right?

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elister t1_j4rq4ch wrote

That work on a Hackntosh? Maybe. Its like trying to install Kodi media center on AppleTV, heres this simple 20 step process.

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mgd09292007 t1_j4schyj wrote

Maybe we will get a calculator app on the iPad then

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f700es t1_j4tcw5l wrote

Or calculator app! My M1 iPad Pro doesn't have one

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