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Oh wow, all the legacy software would be stuck on old windows or have to move to linux. If I got that right.
@inzen yeah, that would be terrible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYCXCqp1U5Y
They could implement a compatibility layer themselves, Apple managed to keep compatibility moving from PPC to x86 and then to ARM