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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: JimH on June 23, 2020, 07:44:59 am

Title: OS Alphabet Soup (Verge Article)
Post by: JimH on June 23, 2020, 07:44:59 am
This article, from The Verge, talks about Apple's evolution toward ARM:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/23/21299992/macos-big-sur-ipados-14-catalyst-native-apps-ux

MacOS/OSK will support iPad iOS apps.

Google's ChromeOS has done this for about a year now.  ChromeOS lets you install apps from the Android Play Store, so apps like  JRemote2 can be used on a laptop.  I use a Samsung Galaxy Chromebook (https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/chromebooks/galaxy-chromebook/) as my main machine and used a Pixelbook before that.  ChromeOS also supports Linux so I can install JRiver Media Center.  It sounds a little confusing, but it works.  It also continues to improve.

Is this the future?  Any software runs on any hardware?

The article is well worth reading.