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   Message 71,566 of 72,997   
   Alan to Alan Browne   
   Re: Fix the Most Annoying iOS 17 Feature   
   20 Sep 23 17:23:13   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-09-20 17:12, Alan Browne wrote:   
   > On 2023-09-20 20:04, Alan wrote:   
   >> 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"   
   >   
   > Regardless, 32b apps are dead in Mac OS now (last OS was Mojave that   
   > would run them).   
   >   
   > Windows 10 still runs 32b apps; Win 11 too.   
   >   
      
   Sure. So?   
      
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