I feel like nothing would change with the transition of Silicon chipsets

[trevpimp]

I know Apple has accumulated much success with their transition going with Silicon chips for their Mac lineup and so will the advantage of less power consumption on the CPU

but I still feel like this transition is basically just another step for Apple and everything tech that wouldn't change much

 

[ouimetnick]

If you watched the keynote announcement, you would see what the benefits of apple silicon. Multiple parts integrated into a single system on chip allows for better power consumption and faster performance just to scratch the surface.

 

[AutisticGuy]

Wow, the topic of this thread has totally brought about the ultimate marketing slogan for the new Mac:

The new Apple Silicon MacBook: Nothing has changed except.....everything

 

[jinnyman]

In so far as others outside Mac Eco system, I also do believe nothing much will change.
Even if a new Mac is successful, I’m not so sure about PC market as

1) Mac and PC for general customers market is not that big market anyway.
2) PC is still not replaceable for corporate environment. It’s not happening in English world, and trust me, nothing really supports multi language better than Windows (not because Windows excels at, but due to long time of market majority maturing support) and even MS Office on other platform is not as supportive as theirs in Windows.

I once thought this may accelerate PC’s transition to Windows ARM environment, but lack of ARM chip vendors capable of making competible (vs Apple AS and AMD x86 offering) chips pretty much destroys that.

 

[the8thark]

That's the whole point. Most of the average users will not feel any change apart from a faster better overall experience. A lot of the changes happening here are under the hood, affecting power/pro users and developers. Possibly a few of the new exclusive to Apple silicon features you might take specific advantage of. However the majority of them just make your apps run better, faster with more available features.

This is a good thing as it keeps the familiarity of the Mac ecosystem to the average user. Almost no learning curve to using an AS Mac if you know how to use an Intel Mac now.

 

[leman]

but I still feel like this transition is basically just another step for Apple and everything tech that wouldn't change much

What does "change" mean for you? What would you ideally expect to change and why?

 

[throAU]

but I still feel like this transition is basically just another step for Apple and everything tech that wouldn't change much

This is going to be a game changer for performance, especially in mobile where processing power per watt is paramount.

Think: fan-less MacBook Air with the power of a MacBook Pro 15" and genuine all day (or even multi-day) battery life. Think: AR headset with light weight, great performance, etc.

This is pretty much almost possible today if they were to put an A12Z into a notebook. Future A series processors built specifically for larger form factors than the phone/iPad will be significantly more powerful - more modern technology, newer manufacturing process and physically larger processors will give much more performance.

The PC industry as a whole has been held back significantly by intel's processor stagnation since 2011 and AMD's failure between 2010 and 2016-2018 to have any competitive parts in the notebook form factor.

The iPad wasn't such a screaming success because Apple did such an amazing job. Apple basically successfully made what AMD and intel failed to advance to in their respective processor lines.

Both AMD and intel may recover and catch up, but Apple are done waiting for that.

 

[trevpimp]

What does "change" mean for you? What would you ideally expect to change and why?

I would expect for a higher integration when it comes down to software and how we can make more productive products with Apple

I just feel like this step could also open up doors when it comes down to how we can conserve power consumption and what we can learn from doing so

 

[Madonepro]

I would expect for a higher integration when it comes down to software and how we can make more productive products with Apple

I just feel like this step could also open up doors when it comes down to how we can conserve power consumption and what we can learn from doing so

I so can't wait for a real time translation tool for safari, help me understand these posts 😉

 

[leman]

I would expect for a higher integration when it comes down to software and how we can make more productive products with Apple

This is certainly one of the thing that Apple Silicon is bringing. On one hand you will get access to ML acceleration hardware etc., on the other hand you will get an unified memory architecture that allows one to write software that coherently utilizes CPU and GPU together.

 

[JMacHack]

I once thought this may accelerate PC’s transition to Windows ARM environment, but lack of ARM chip vendors capable of making competible (vs Apple AS and AMD x86 offering) chips pretty much destroys that.

Well, I don't think anything's gonna happen for a few years. But I do think it'll "break the ice" so to speak.

 

[maerz001]

It will allow Apple to integrate all the iOS software in macOS and vise versa. From a technical point it would allow a hybrid device like having a macbook with additional ipad features. E.g like the surface books.

or running arm based macos on the iphone like Samsung Nex

 

[Yebubbleman]

I know Apple has accumulated much success with their transition going with Silicon chips for their Mac lineup and so will the advantage of less power consumption on the CPU

but I still feel like this transition is basically just another step for Apple and everything tech that wouldn't change much

If you're a MacBook Air, Mac mini, 13" MacBook Pro, or 21.5" iMac customer on the low-end (i.e. you are not pushing the limits of your CPU and integrated graphics processor because you're mainly using web, Office/iWork, and low-end gaming and/or media tools) and you are really just thinking of your Mac in those terms, then yes, this transition won't mean much to you; it'll just be another generation of those products. The implications of what can be done and how it can be done will matter to those of us who pay attention to these things. But one's day to day Mac ownership won't change. Nor did it change when going from PowerPC Macs to Intel based Macs either. But that's the point. Apple wants this to be as smooth as possible because, at the end of the day, as was no different in 2005, they just want people buying Macs.