I didn’t watch the video but the text didn’t seem to specifically mention Linux x86 either - just “Linux”. They could just mean that they’re providing similar hardware virtualisation features as x86 has, and (eg) Parallels (possibly via the built in Hypervisor.framework) can run a (Arm) Linux vm there.
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Apple Transitioning Macs to Custom Chips With 'Incredible' Performance Starting Later This Year
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It's not even clear that we will continue to have x86 virtualization. All they showed during the keynote was a Debian virtual machine, which was quite possibly (most likely) running Debian for ARM, not Debian for x86.
Will this mean the Mac line up being updated more often in the future rather than waiting on Intel to announce a new range of iX processors?
Yeah, that was interesting. With the Intel transition they gave specific PPW statistics. Just used buzz-words and vague graphs for this one.
How the hell did they run Tomb Raider for the INTEL MAC on an iPad SoC that fluently? That looks insane.
Again, they are running an emulated game, which is already a taxing game on Mac chips, on an iPad SoC???!??!!?!?
Again, they are running an emulated game, which is already a taxing game on Mac chips, on an iPad SoC???!??!!?!?
That is a bit of a silly question -- no one knows. No products have been announced with with them new chips.
It will definitely use Apple’s own GPU (at least for things other than the Mac Pro - don’t know what that one is).
There are plenty of rumors about Apple’s GPU work, they recently took a new license with Imagination (presumably for their ray tracing patents), and people I know seem to be working on a GPU for macs (though they won’t admit it).
Initial reaction is that in 3-5 years Apple is going to have the best performance of anything out there. For those running Bootcamp and doing Hackintoshs it's probably time to consider something else (Windows or Linux I guess?). Personally I'd be more than happy for a iPad/iOS like interface for my Mac as long as I had the ability to do more developer type things.
“We've been down this road before.”
Yes, and some of us remember, that you gratuitously removed support for old programs in OS X10.7. My final Mac Pro (yes, I was a buyer of Mac Pro class hardware) still runs 10.6.8 for that reason.
Meet the new processor; same as the old processor. I won't get fooled again.
Yes, and some of us remember, that you gratuitously removed support for old programs in OS X10.7. My final Mac Pro (yes, I was a buyer of Mac Pro class hardware) still runs 10.6.8 for that reason.
Meet the new processor; same as the old processor. I won't get fooled again.
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I was skeptical but now I am genuinely excited after watching the presentation.
that's because it's running on an existing CPU. they don't want to 1) emphasize "poor" performance with existing silicon and 2) tip their hand about future performance of desktop-specific silicon.
I wonder how they will fragment their lineup. Usually the biggest difference was processor speed. Will they have different versions of the Mac A14 version?
I wonder if it will be able to run Microsoft Windows somehow, so I can play Microsoft Flight Simulator when it’s released at the end of the year.
There is no video card. It is all part of the SoC for Apple Silicon. CPU and GPU will be all Apple.
That's the way to make a presentation look good without opening yourself up to reliable and accurate criticism.
I was about to buy an Intel Mac but will now stick with my iBook.
Did you actually watch the keynote? Any part of it?macbook is dead to me, i dont want an enlarged ipad
Looks like they've got quite a handle on this transition, much to my surprise admittedly. Of course only time will tell if they actually hold true to that, but from what they described today, I'm not that terribly worried about it. Plus the ability to run iOS apps natively out of the box now will be slick, especially if any app can do it without intervention from its developer. So like for example if I can just have Snapchat open on my Mac all the time, that would be pretty cool!
'Exciting new Intel Macs in the pipeline' - guess that's the new iMac. Still think it's odd to continue releasing Intel Macs, especially redesigned, 'exciting' ones after this transition has already been announced.
macbook is dead to me, i dont want an enlarged ipad
You are missing the bigger picture here, there is no reason we can't have a full version of apps like Office and Photoshop on the iPad, no need to have a scaled-back version for iPadOS.
They'll be back with Intel and/or AMD within 4 years. Also, they need to keep improving OSX, they are starting to fall behind Windows.
Begun the second RISC-CISC war has, and RISC-y for Apple it will be. An excellent compiler and pipeline scheme Timmy must provide. Grave doubts I have: overpromised on pipeline Timmy always has.
But powerpc to intel was moving towards an industry standard rather than away from it