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Title: End times for 32bit MAC apps
Post by: chrisc on April 12, 2018, 03:44:35 PM

this is interesting news, as MAC is transitioning to 64bit only

https://www.pcmag.com/news/360387/mac-owners-will-start-seeing-32-bit-app-warnings-today (https://www.pcmag.com/news/360387/mac-owners-will-start-seeing-32-bit-app-warnings-today)

well, windows  32bit end times  shouldn't be too far away

Title: Re: End times for 32bit MAC apps
Post by: Mike Lobanovsky on April 12, 2018, 04:19:36 PM

Well, I wouldn't be that pessimistic.

It would've been much more likely that, should MS Windows suddenly decide to drop support for 32 bits, then macOS would follow suit in no time.

FYI: March 2018 desktop/laptop market share (https://netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22%24and%22%3A%5B%7B%22deviceType%22%3A%7B%22%24in%22%3A%5B%22Desktop%2Flaptop%22%5D%7D%7D%5D%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Trend%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22platform%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22platformsDesktop%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222017-04%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222018-03%22%2C%22plotKeys%22%3A%5B%7B%22platform%22%3A%22Windows%22%7D%2C%7B%22platform%22%3A%22Mac%20OS%22%7D%2C%7B%22platform%22%3A%22Linux%22%7D%5D%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D)

MS Windows        88.72%
macOS              8.56%
Linux              2.30%

;D

Title: Re: End times for 32bit MAC apps
Post by: JRS on April 12, 2018, 05:31:49 PM

People will use what works for them until Microsoft breaks it and forces them to find something new.