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Another alternative might be the growing host of options to access PCs in the cloud with low latency.

But a switch to its own processors would probably put an end to dual-boot Macs.

Options included MacCharlie, essentially a PC itself that enveloped the classic Mac; the slow-running SoftPC and SoftWindows x86 emulators; and a 486 processor card that Apple offered for the Power Mac.

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The need for such options faded with Boot Camp, officially introduced in Mac OS X 10.5 for Intel-based Macs in 2007.

But with Apple widely expected to move the Mac from Intel processors to its own ARM-based architecture in the coming years, what might that mean for Boot Camp or running Windows on a Mac in general There are a few possible outcomes.

Apple could simply drop Boot Camp but still allows third parties to provide x86 emulators to support x86-based Windows.

This likely wouldnt be a great experience, as x86-based Windows and apps wouldnt be optimized for such an architecture, although Apples chips are making great speed gains.

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A second option would be working with Microsoft to support Apples A-series chips as an additional ARM architecture alongside Qualcomms Snapdragon.

Such collaboration would have been competitively prohibitive years ago, but in an age when Microsoft supports Linux within Windows and is creating hardware based on Android, just about anything seems on the table.

On the other hand, Microsoft and Qualcomm have invested significant time and money in making Windows work well on Snapdragon (and Microsofts Snapdragon-powered ) chips.

Apple and Microsoft have far less incentive to make a similar investment for Apples A-series chips.

Microsoft has never been a big fan of dual-boot devices, although it accepted Boot Camp.

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And Windows 10 on Snapdragon is in many ways a proactive answer to Apples expected ARM switch.

Meanwhile, from Apples perspective, the Mac is even less dependent on Windows apps than it was when Boot Camp launched.

With its Catalyst SDK, Apple seems more focused on courting iPad apps for the Mac than Windows apps.

Speaking of the iPad, the iPad Pro could prove a forerunner of a future ARM-based Mac.

It certainly has the screen size and horsepower to handle Windows 10 but no such option exists.

Parallels, which makes software for running Windows on a Mac, would want to tap into the larger market for iOS devices even if it couldnt provide the same level of performance it can on the Mac.

However, it offers only a remote PC access product for that operating system.

So, for those who want to be able to switch between the two leading desktop operating systems, a host of factors would come into play, including chip performance, cooperation among rivals, and potential app store restrictions.

Regarding that last factor, Apple restricting MacOS to apps gleaned from the app store -- a macOS equivalent of Windows S -- would remove much of the flexibility people have traditionally valued in a personal computer as well as narrow the distinction between MacOS and iPadOS.

However, with each recent release of the MacOS, Apple has been tightening the security screws to make Mac security more like that of iOS devices.

But there will still be value in running Windows apps on Macs.

The most likely outcome, then, is that a third party will ship an Apple-sanctioned emulator that will do a good enough job for niche tasks.

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