Speak for yourself. If I can't have a DVD drive, I need to be able to hook one up. I also need to have a way to put things on there without networking. USB isn't obsolete, wireless doesn't always work. Storage will never become obsolete.
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Intel to Begin Manufacturing 64-Bit ARM Chips in 2014
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Speak for yourself. If I can't have a DVD drive, I need to be able to hook one up. I also need to have a way to put things on there without networking. USB isn't obsolete, wireless doesn't always work. Storage will never become obsolete.
Maybe functionality will be restored to the iWork and iLife apps in much the same way (and hopefully as a quickly) as Apple updated Final Cut Pro X.
I agree wholeheartedly. I think it is important to look at the new Mac Pro to get an idea where Apple is headed. If Apple wanted to move away from USB, the Mac Pro would probably have even more Thunderbolt 2 ports with a USB adapter option. While Apple has dumped Ethernet across the laptop lines (except for the old 13" MacBook Pro), it is still available in all desktops and there is a Thunderbolt gigabit Ethernet adapter for laptops. It makes sense that Apple's laptops don't have a dedicated Ethernet port, since laptops are usually mobile anyway.
I really hope storage capacity keeps increasing in Apple's various devices as SSDs get cheaper, because I will always prefer to keep my data stored locally (and backed up locally) instead of storing it all in the cloud.
All computers are disposal, and no one should EVER become emotionally attached to a computer. That's unhealthy.
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The only issue I could see with that is in the future, there is a very good chance that Office will stay the standard in the workplace, I would perfer the kids using Office from a young age, so it becomes second nature. I was glad we always used Office in school when I got into college, as everything in college was 100% office. As is everything in the business world.
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Ports will not die out, a physical port is more reliable and more secure than a wireless connection, and local storage will always be more secure than the cloud.
Desktops and workstations are dead?
You realize all that useless Angry bird content you pay for on the iTunes store, or any software needs to be created on high performance hardware? Tablets are not high performance hardware, most Laptops are not either.
What's the difference? If ARM gets to the point that it is is capable of delivering the same experience while making the hardware thinner, lighter, more power efficient then the chip inside is moot. It's all about the experience and nobody knows that better than Apple.
Because I'd rather have one computer that gets all my work done, whether it be OS X or Windows. And if it comes down to it, I'd have to give up OS X and go back to Windows for good. There's more to x86 than power, there's compatibility. ARM doesn't run much in the way of things I need.
Sure. And people don't buy those every year. You're living in a world where you assume there are more techies than normies out there.
Being one of them, I can tell you that switching any software written in the last three years to ARM is about as difficult as adding a switch to the compiler settings and compiling again.
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Yeah, Apple paid $300 million for PA-Risc just to make a few tweaks...
I assume you're offering to recompile all the software people need, and then make the software that people use that only works on Windows also work on OS X? Because if you are, I'm totally down for the change.
Actually, lots of development houses and production houses and engineering companies update their workstations every year to the latest and greatest, or upgrade workstations hardware to the best, because the faster tasks can be accomplished, the better productivity you have.
The company I used to work for until very recently would spend about 35-40K per work station every other year.
Is there a reason OSX (or OSXI) couldn't be engineered to run on ARM the same way OSX was retooled to run on Intel? That was my point.
And ... everything I have that runs on OS X at this point is going to get recompiled by the recompile fairies?
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Yep.
If your dealing with anything that requires lots of CPU power, or lots of multi tasking, or audio and video editing, lots of number crunching.
The Current Crop of ARM just won't cut it. They can't compete with Intel processors. The A7 for example can hardly run with a Core 2, which is based on technology that's nearly 10 years old now.
I think Intel is manufacturing the new ARM CPU's for another reason: they will the main processing chip for a new generation of wireless routers with improved 802.11b/g/n/ac support. Indeed, don't be surprised by late 2014 that new 802.11ac wireless routers from Asus, Belkin, Netgear, etc. all use these new Intel ARM CPU chips.