Talk:Classic Mac OS emulators
A better way to categorize the systems would be:
- Classic Mac OS (68k): For systems running on Motorola 68000-series processors. (e.g., System 7, Mac OS 8.0)
- Classic Mac OS (PowerPC): For systems running on PowerPC processors. (e.g., Mac OS 9.0.4)
- Mac OS X (PowerPC): For the early, Unix-based Mac OS X versions that ran on PowerPC. (e.g., Mac OS X 10.3 Panther)
- Mac OS X / macOS (x86): For the operating systems built for Intel's x86 and x86_64 processors. (e.g., Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard)
- macOS (ARM64): For the current and future systems running on Apple's ARM-based silicon. (e.g., macOS Big Sur)
Example. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the best way to do this. Ahayri (talk) 17:36, 24 Aug 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if you suggest each category be given its own page, or to have all Mac operating systems share one page with separate headings? IMO the current separation is good. I think splitting 68K and PowerPC (one page for 68K Macs and another for PowerMacs using either classic or OS X, as emus such as QEMU and DingusPPC runs both) while moving x86 and ARM Mac "emulation" to Hypervisors could make sense too, not sure which I prefer. Phredreeke (talk) 13:05, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
- Classic Mac OS and macOS (Mac OS X) are completely different. My better idea would be combining the emulated CPUs into one table. Gorilli09 (talk) 15:34, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- It depends on whether ones focus is on emulating software or hardware. Anyway, I like your new table better now, the previous one had too many columns to be legible IMO. Phredreeke (talk) 05:16, 14 October 2025 (UTC)