Turns out those new maps do in fact work just fine on Intel machines...
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Several macOS Monterey Features Unavailable on Intel-Based Macs
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When you bought the mac, was it with the idea that you could use it to spin a globe?
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To depreciate is to "diminish in value" - often these days this relates to taxes and assets (i.e. you claim the depreciation of a company asset against taxes).
To deprecate is to signify something (usually software) is 'obsolete' or no longer being updated.
Just think of it this way, depreciate has an I, and it'll generally relate to the IRS (which I admit doesn't help as much for non Americans).
Holy **** that isn't exactly a brand spanking new, super high end machine either.
I honestly don't see any of those features being impossible to do on Intel based Macs. Most of us are aware that there are eventually going to be things exclusive to Apple Silicon based Macs, but I think this is a bit premature even by Apple's standard.
Of course not, but I don't want to think about my machine being limited in any way. Apple ended support for Catalina and above on the 2010 Mac pro despite it being more than capable on running it with the right video card. Frustrating but understandable especially in light of a newer machine. I didn't want to run into the same issue and I thought I'd have more support on this newer machine for "years to come." Didn't realize that would only be 1 year after the announcement and 2 years since the long-awaited MP was released.
Exactly.
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Yeah - not a good look for Apple if they keep those locked only to Apple Silicon
It's possible, but it's also a really common mistake people make (I use to make the same mistake when I was new to software dev, all those years ago), hence 'a friendly tip' as opposed to 'BAHHAHAHA you made a mistake!'
And here we go….
they pulled this on iOS and now it’s infiltrated Mac OS.
bar differences in major OS revisions, which Mac OS has rarely been in recent times, there has been no reason to not include features unless for marketing and money reasons. [see windows].
they will loose Mac users if they start the policy of withholding features unless you buy a new Mac every few years like they do with iOS.
if people think you need an entirely new architecture to draw a bloody globe or do some OCR then they are just fan boys
they pulled this on iOS and now it’s infiltrated Mac OS.
bar differences in major OS revisions, which Mac OS has rarely been in recent times, there has been no reason to not include features unless for marketing and money reasons. [see windows].
they will loose Mac users if they start the policy of withholding features unless you buy a new Mac every few years like they do with iOS.
if people think you need an entirely new architecture to draw a bloody globe or do some OCR then they are just fan boys
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What that still image doesn't demonstrate, is how performant it is.
We'd all been assuming it doesn't work because they use an API which drives some specific features of Apple's ARM SoCs. That it renders at all like that suggests its a at least possible without the specialised hardware, but it's possible it's not 'smooth' enough to be acceptable (to them at least) on some Intel hardware. Does seem hard to believe the performance would suffer that much on a recent Intel with higher end graphics though.
I think the idea was that it would be able to run future feature of macOS. What else would the idea be?
I wonder if Apple is locking these features to Apple Silicon or if these features are not turned on for Intel in the current beta for some reason.
I agree Apple will lose Mac users if they start the policy of withholding features unless you buy Mac every few years like they do with iOS.
I hope they are smarter than that.
I hope not. Apple could lose Mac users if this is their plan.
Ouch, that was a bad purchase, have you had to open it and shim the heatsink?
They are probably not concerned by the loss of any of these features on a Mac Pro.
By fine you mean a lot worse on a performance per watt basis. 🤷
Looks like this code is targeting the neural engine on A12 chips and above and Apple don’t feel like targeting that code to intel CPU or AMD GPU. Still though, you get a new OS for intel macs. Might be a bloodbath next year when they just announce a new OS for M chips only and announce long term security support only for intel.
Never subscribed to planned obsolescence theory too much, but I was suspicious. If something is planned obsolescence, then this is it. Come on, you need special hardware to render the Earth globe in Maps? Do you have a bridge to sell to me, too?
I see nothing new here, Apple have been doing this gradually deprecation all their life. They are the masters of this. Anyone buying an intel Mac now without the intention or money to upgrade to ARM within few years has only himself to blame.
Whats neural engine anyway, sounds a fancy name for something basic. A CPU is a CPU after all I guess
Whats neural engine anyway, sounds a fancy name for something basic. A CPU is a CPU after all I guess