Apple Hires Key Chip Designer From ARM as Own Efforts Ramp Up
There are certainly many signs over the last few years that point to ARM Macs.<p>I don&#x27;t mind what CPU my Mac runs on, but I am worried about how long I&#x27;ll be able to play older games, run the occasional Windows&#x2F;Linux software, and dabble in OS hacking or low-level tinkering to add custom features, on the same machine.<p>The seemingly gradual lockdown of macOS – mandatory &quot;notarization&quot;, moving system files to a read-only volume, and disallowing kernel extensions in the future* – has generated some concern where before I used to just trust Apple to know what&#x27;s best for everyone.<p>I welcome the extra security as long as we can manually bypass it if we <i>really</i> want to, but I warily wonder if the move to ARM Macs will come with a macOS that is almost as locked-down or &quot;sanitized&quot; as iOS.<p>* As mentioned during this WWDC&#x27;s Platforms State of the Union.