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bri3dtoday at 1:41 AM1 replyview on HN

No? Windows also has its own graphics subsystem, compositor, and an even bigger set of user land UI/forms/controls libraries than Mac OS. It really is just a critical velocity / adoption / time thing, there’s nothing strongly technical separating Mac OS API/ABI translation from Windows ala wine.


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AdieuToLogictoday at 1:59 AM

Microsoft's business model regarding Windows is to sell an operating system capable of running on as many devices as possible.

Apple's business model regarding macOS is to sell as many devices as possible capable of running that operating system.

The former lends itself to intrinsic portability such that an independently derived emulation layer is possible (not easy, just possible), whereas the latter has the freedom of assuming device capabilities/features always present for any given release.

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