A few months of many doubts are approaching for current and future users of Mac computers. Apple has gotten into a huge eggplant, with the change from current Intel processors to future Macs with ARM architecture. He has baptized said move with the name of Apple silicon.
This change will be slow, long and expensive, affecting all fronts: manufacturers, developers, and of course, users. At least, Apple has ensured that in this transition, current and future applications designed for Macs with Intel processors should not necessarily be reprogrammed for future ARM Macs, they will continue to work thanks to the emulator Rosette 2.
Apple has opened Pandora's box and has made known with hair and signs its great plan to move from Intel to use its own chips in the Macs of the future. The company has said that the transition will last almost two years: moving applications to the new platform and also preparing chip designs for different Mac models.
During the changeover period, Apple will continue to release new Intel-based Macs for a year or so. A great doubt that future buyers of Macs will have. Will they buy an Intel Mac, knowing the Apple Silicon project? I do not think so.
The company has explained that Intel Macs will not be phased out and that they will continue to be supported for years to come. However, the bigger question is whether the newer ARM based Macs will be Compatible with current applications built for Intel Macs.
Apple has introduced tools for developers to easily move their applications to Apple's new architecture. However, not every developer can move their apps around, but Apple has got you covered. The company has revealed «Rosette 2»Your emulation technology.
Rosetta was originally used during the transition from PowerPC to Intel in 2006. The company is launching Rosetta 2, a direct successor to emulation technology that will allow applications built for the Intel Mac platform to run on Macs based on Apple's proprietary chips.
Emulation, of course, has its negativessuch as slow loading times and poor performance. However, during WWDC, Apple showed off the Maya application that runs on Rosetta 2 and the experience seemed to go smoothly. But of course, if the demo was done from an iMac Pro, they cheated a bit.
Of course we don't know if todas The applications will run similarly, but at least each and every application on Intel Macs can be used on future ARM-based Macs.
Apple revealed during its annual developer conference that major software vendors such as Microsoft and Adobe they have already started working on native applications for the upcoming Macs with Apple chips. Most developers will get to work soon too, but if a few don't, Rosetta 2 will fix it.