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This is huuge! 32bit Windows apps on M1 Macs. (spoiler: even Witcher 3)?!
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You could run QEMU (and eventually, Parallels) + 32-bit Catalina, but it'll take a toll on your performance.
I have to say, I didn’t dislike that keyboard until I used it along side the 16 inch machine.
In the case of performance, the new MacBooks look fantastic. I hope those upgrading enjoy them! I might get one next year! It'd certainly be great to try out these neat tricks!
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Sorry, I don't know who Brad Oliver is. Could you give us a link where one can read about what he said? If I are to guess, maybe he was commenting on lack of GPU virtualization?
Codeweavers is the main driving force behind Wine submitting largest chunk of patches and as all paid Wine developers are their employees.
In fact without Codeweavers and CrossOver there would be no Wine on Mac even, as a open source project, they release FOSS code for anyone willing to compile it for themselves or take it even further.
For older Windows games they use OpenGL->DX translation and some "magical" x86->x64 compiler thunking which obviously still work on Apple Silicon.
And yes it would be nice if someone manages to do the same for Mac native 32bit apps.
Obvious example is that many of those games and apps already have "abandoned" native Mac version.
Apple rapid progress is obvious and reasons for hard cuts are understandable but it's almost a common culture thing to have ability to somehow run all those legacy software library.
Hats off to Microsoft for keeping compatibility.
For DX11 games they are using MoltenVK (Vulkan->Metal via DXVK) for which again they contribute lots of code.
No, because that would defeat the whole point of Wine, which is to run Windows apps on Mac or Linux.
If you have an ARM Mac, a native ARM version of Wine could be useful. At least if would work without Rosetta.
Only for running ARM Windows apps. I'm not sure if there are many of those around.
Ah, got you. Sorry, I didn’t understand the context. I missed the bit where it’s about the Mac client OS only.
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Also see the discussion in the news thread:
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Also see the discussion in the news thread:
CrossOver Allows x86 Windows Apps to Run on Apple M1 Macs
Codeweavers posted a blog post and video tonight showing off CrossOver running on an Apple M1 MacBook Air. This video shows Team Fortress 2 running on a new M1 MacBook Air: CrossOver is software (based on Wine Project) that runs Microsoft Windows apps on the Mac by translating Windows APIs...
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By DVD, I meant the discs contained larger volumes of data than CD’s. A DVD+RW disc, for instance, can record more data than a CD+RW disc. So I had no clue what I was talking about?
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You mean there will be now way to translate Window X86 apps after Apple kills Rosetta?
They already have alternatives.
Project Hangover using Qumu. And there are few promising alternatives on the horizon like Box86.
GitHub - AndreRH/hangover: Hangover runs simple Win64 and Win32 applications on arm64 Linux
Hangover runs simple Win64 and Win32 applications on arm64 Linux - AndreRH/hangover
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Of course, using Rosetta 2 is currently the only viable solution.
The makers of Crossover claim they may be able to develop a workaround once Rosetta 2 is gone, though that will be a lot harder and I'm sure the performance will take a hit.