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Is there a reason why features like True Tone, Center Stage, Spatial Audio (Apple Music is on Windows) won’t work with windows if the display has the A13 chip allowing those features to continue to run regardless?
 
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Exactly this. When BootCamp was released, it seemed like Windows would be around forever and would have to coexist with macOS because of the overwhelming number of workplace apps and workflows that were customized for Windows and would never have macOS versions.

The world has since shifted to cloud apps that work in a browser — including on a Mac. Microsoft itself has been pivoting to cloud computing and many of their most important apps, including the Office suite have macOS versions that work cross platform.

When I began at the startup I’m working at, I consolidated our systems into GSuite (now Google Workspace) and everyone works on their own Macs, PCs and phones and it all just works. None of our Mac users need Windows and none of our PC users need macOS. Everyone just needs a browser and an internet connection and we’re all highly productive in our workflows.

There may still be a remnant of dinosaur IT departments who haven’t updated their infrastructure to more modern cloud computing but they’ve become a small minority as seen in the dwindling demand for BootCamp. I guess there‘s still a demand for Windows for gamers who own a Mac but that too is shifting to the cloud.
Not Project or Visio, however, in their full and current forms. I hope Project never goes that way entirely as I’ve had to work in secure environments where there is no network access.
 
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[...] I guess there‘s still a demand for Windows for gamers who own a Mac but that too is shifting to the cloud.
I don't see how that's apt to go very far when the infrastructure for high bandwidth Internet is barely out here...
 
This is why I am keeping my 12 yr. old 24 in. Cinema Display (just fixed it by replacing the LCD last week for $120 - in hindsight, completely worth it vs $1599 for new Studio display that has 90% the same functionality). Works great on Boot Camp/Windows and MacOS. Plus, it was designed in the era when it had engineering/product development oversight from Steve Jobs. Hope it lasts the next decade. إن شاء الله مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ

the new display is indeed a big middle finger move from apple. has virtually none of the good upgrades of recent years, and is charging well beyond what is an acceptable price for that size and lack of feature set.

glad the tech reviews generally slammed it for this
 
I hate that Apple mocks me by still including the BootCamp app on my M1 machine, and even crafting a nice compatibility error at launch. Thanks!
Odd - I don’t see it in my Utilities folder in Monterey…
 
Odd - I don’t see it in my Utilities folder in Monterey…
Not sure, it’s on mine

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This is why I am keeping my 12 yr. old 24 in. Cinema Display (just fixed it by replacing the LCD last week for $120 - in hindsight, completely worth it vs $1599 for new Studio display that has 90% the same functionality). Works great on Boot Camp/Windows and MacOS. Plus, it was designed in the era when it had engineering/product development oversight from Steve Jobs. Hope it lasts the next decade. إن شاء الله مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ
Amazing! I love it.
 
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When Apple announced Apple Silicon they mentioned the usage figures for Bootcamp had fallen dramatically over the years. My guess is there just isn't enough demand to warrant the effort.

On the Microsoft side I suspect they would rather you subscribe to an Azure virtual desktop.
Apple straight up said they would support it if ms released Windows arm to the public. It’s rumored they aren’t because of said deal.
 
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Ah, yes, but I’m the guy who took 10 years to finish Half Life 2 (much to the amusement of my son, who now works in the video games industry) so I doubt it would affect my abilities ?
I played all of Half-Life 2 on my MacBook Pro 3,1. That, and using it as a network render node with Lightwave and Carrara, probably is what killed it (thermals).

Granted, I played it many years ago ?

If the game industry wasn’t obsessed with throwing bets-quality games onto the market and then refusing to finish developing them because they need to throw the next unfinished product to market, maybe we Mac users could eventually play everything on Macs, only 5-8 years after the initial PC release... But no, the game industry wants ALL THE MONEY, and won’t be satisfied with only some profit on late ports to Mac OS.

I’m being partially facetious... but not entirely.
 
This is why I am keeping my 12 yr. old 24 in. Cinema Display (just fixed it by replacing the LCD last week for $120 - in hindsight, completely worth it vs $1599 for new Studio display that has 90% the same functionality). Works great on Boot Camp/Windows and MacOS. Plus, it was designed in the era when it had engineering/product development oversight from Steve Jobs. Hope it lasts the next decade. إن شاء الله مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ
I have one of those with the gray spots issue on the screen underlayer. Good to know that fixing or replacing the screen is not too expensive.
 
That 5.7 MB app is just the front end. it doesn’t contain the drivers, the partitioning, etc.
Oh I know. But just that Apple made a Universal version of the app for a machine that can’t use it because of a Licensing issue with Microsoft..
 
Does that mean that you will be able to adjust the brightness within Windows?
Not that I could see. I updated my Boot Camp drivers on my W11 partition and no brightness controls and I tried with a Dell XPS w/ Thunderbolt and no brightness controls either.
 
This is why I am keeping my 12 yr. old 24 in. Cinema Display (just fixed it by replacing the LCD last week for $120 - in hindsight, completely worth it vs $1599 for new Studio display that has 90% the same functionality). Works great on Boot Camp/Windows and MacOS. Plus, it was designed in the era when it had engineering/product development oversight from Steve Jobs. Hope it lasts the next decade. إن شاء الله مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ
I was very happy with my 24" until the backlight circuit died earlier this year. I would have done the same as you and either tried a component level repair or swapped out the entire LCD, but I was ready for the upgrade anyway :)
 
I hate that Apple mocks me by still including the BootCamp app on my M1 machine, and even crafting a nice compatibility error at launch. Thanks!
Wow, they couldn't even be bothered with removing it from M1 machines? I haven't even checked for that on my MacBook Pro M1.

That's just sloppy.
 
I hate that Apple mocks me by still including the BootCamp app on my M1 machine, and even crafting a nice compatibility error at launch. Thanks!
You sure you didn't get that copied over by restoring a Time Machine backup or similar? My M1 mini doesn't have it.
 
The Boot Camp team is clearly still alive and kicking. So, we just need Windows 11 support for 2018 and newer Intel-based Macs (as those are the ones that meet Microsoft's processor requirements).
 
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