I liked the zinger about 5x faster than the best selling Windows desktop.
And, that’s only possible because Intel’s intentionally shipping a TON of processors, the vast majority of which are less performant than Apple’s cheapest system.
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Apple Removes M1 Mac Mini and Intel Mac Mini From Lineup
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And, that’s only possible because Intel’s intentionally shipping a TON of processors, the vast majority of which are less performant than Apple’s cheapest system.
I haven't tried it myself, but it seems like Parallels allows you to install Windows 11 directly:
KB Parallels: Install Windows 11 on a Mac with Apple silicon
To install a new virtual machine on a Mac with Apple silicon, you need to use an with a .
kb.parallels.com
Yeah, but it isn’t reliable or performant. It also has compatibility issues with apps.
Me too. I'm not sure if I'd gain much by switching to the M2. The only lag I've noticed is when dragging HD clips into FCPX; I get the spinning beach ball for over a minute before the clip appears. That's a recent development, so I think it has more to do with a FCPX update than the mini itself.
Bootcamp is done, sure. Plenty of ways to run Windows on M1/2. Parallels actually works impressively well.
Sure, it's ARM Windows, but Microsoft has their own compatibility layer on it which runs almost anything legacy I throw at it. So far, the only thing it doesn't do is Direct X 12 games.
Yes its reliable. Very fast and performant (considering a VM can run DX11 era games), and minimal compatibility issues (outside of gaming).
Try it, for what it is, its very impressive. Works better than running it on some garbage Intel Graphics based machine.
Show me some examples. Don't start with anything Autodesk unless you're running that on a Pro/Max.
Not at all, if any UK enterprise customers need one let me know. It's just one, but you get the idea!
For me, yes. My M1 Mini was a disaster when I got it. Would lose bluetooth connections randomly and several per day. Now it is rock solid stable.
I am genuinely shocked that they dropped the Intel Mac Mini. There are loads of educational and gov't customers who get settled on particular standards for years — Apple was selling non-retina hard-drive based 27" iMacs all the way up to 2019, for chrissakes… guess I lost that bet…
Rosetta 2 really is that good I suppose
Rosetta 2 really is that good I suppose
It’s not like they have to get rid of all their current systems. They’ll go through those (and their backups) until they croak and by then, if anyone in the business of buying Apple systems are still stuck on Intel processes, well, that’s on them
I mean WOA (Windows on ARM). Lots of users have been complaining about the lack of software support and the poor performance aspect of it. There isn't a magic Rosetta 2 software on Windows that can magically make x64 apps work on WOA unfortunately.
Ok, I will try it out and get back to you.
I was expecting sooner than later, glad it’s finally happened. The 2018 model time has come to be removed from the store. If you got one relish it’s place in history.
Hmmmmmmm, I wonder… how hard would it be to shoehorn an M2 system inside that Space Black case?
Now’s the perfect time for Apple to release the ApplePi board with the M1.
I’m hoping against hope that the Mac Pro brings it back for everyone. Possibly part of the wait is for Microsoft’s exclusivity agreement with Qualcomm to end. Would love to see a co-announcement that Windows on ARM is officially supported on the Mac Pro and all M series Macs.
The emulation has gotten good, on a super powered Mac Pro it should be good enough to show off.
I don’t think we’ll get dual boot, but Apple has been building in low level support for virtual machines for some time now.
I realize this probably won’t happen. But I can dream.
The exclusivity deal is over: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/23/22798231/microsoft-qualcomm-exclusivity-deal-windows-on-arm
Early nix of the Intel Mini this year makes it that much easier for Ventura to possibly be the last Mac OS that supports Intel. Perhaps one more version, but the end of Mac OS on any x86 machine is probably less than 24 months away.