XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-09-20 16:54, Alan Browne wrote:   
   > On 2023-09-20 19:40, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2023-09-20 16:28, Alan Browne wrote:   
   >>> On 2023-09-20 14:56, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>>> On 9/20/23 13:07, Alan Browne wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2023-09-20 13:48, Chris wrote:   
   >>>>>> Nope. Windows 11 is 64b only.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Will it run a 32bit app?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Probably. Windows is big on backwards compatibility.   
   >>>   
   >>> Which means its tiny on evolving.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> What is really amusing is that Apple started the Mac with the 32-bit   
   >> Motorola 68000 processor...   
   >>   
   >> ...then transitioned to the M68030...   
   >>   
   >> ...while maintaining backwards compatibility...   
   >>   
   >> ...then transition to the PowerPC architecture...   
   >>   
   >> ...while maintaining backwards compatibility...   
   >>   
   >> ...then the Intel x86 architecture...   
   >>   
   >> ...while maintaining backwards compatibility...   
   >>   
   >> ...and finally (currently) to the Apple Silicon architecture...   
   >>   
   >> ...while maintaining backwards compatibility.   
   >   
   > https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208436   
   >   
      
   "Apple began transitioning to 64-bit hardware and software technology   
   for Mac over a decade ago"   
      
   In an article posted in 2020.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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