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Old 06-29-2020, 11:49 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
I'm not sure of the details of Apples change to their own chips/OS, but it seems like Microsoft is relatively good (compared to Apple) about supporting orphaned apps?

I would guess that 9/10 orphaned apps written for Windows 10 years ago will still run and the number would be much lower for Apple, using the latest OSs?
I know Windows allows you to use an "Open as" option too. So say an old orphaned app was written for XP or Win 7 and won't run well, or at all, in Win 10, you can choose to run it as a Win 7 app in Win 10 which allows it to work.
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