In a word - no.They should have called the new MacBook PowerBook G5.
First-gen Core Duo Macs were a prime example of this.Lots of Apple 1.0 products really matured in their next iteration.
There's no secret here, Apple has detailed exactly how this will work.Someone on Reddit made the offhand comment about Open Firmware signing. If possible, and implemented, such a thing would prevent downgrading. So, just like an iDevice Apple would be able to control the OS you could or could not install.
It'll be interesting to compare the ARM MacBooks to one of the very few Windows-on-ARM laptops out there in terms of these aspects, yep. And to see whether macOS can be made to take to them (or a Raspberry Pi LOL).The performance and battery life gains, if as good as Apple claims, are mind-blowing.
Apple is sort of like a new Acorn. And that brings another thought - the nimble RISC OS would scream on one of these machines.In a way, it's sort of a return to how some companies worked in the 70s and 80s where they made all their chips for all of their machines in-house.
So who's going to be the first to succeed in natively booting Windows 10 on Apple Silicon hardware? It's like early 2006 all over againYou can also install fully unsigned (non-Apple) OS's by enabling "Permissive Security" and doing... something else, which the man page doesn't elaborate on, but explicitly says can be done! https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/RwcT8stYMY/
At least the Mac mini's still got regular USB-A and HDMI, we should be grateful for that I guess.The lack of ports and upgradeability is a turn off.
Yeah man, I had similar thoughts for myself on the mini. I have always liked Minis. I'm such an old hardware software geek/tinkerer though and I already have so much crap that goes beep, I can't justify a totally new box for myself. I keep myself "relevant" with modern iOS/macOS by pushing that cash to keep my wife's technology ecosystem modern - new phone, mac etc. Naturally, I am her tech support and fixer of all things that go beep, so I stay current through that effort.It'll be interesting to compare the ARM MacBooks to one of the very few Windows-on-ARM laptops out there in terms of these aspects, yep. And to see whether macOS can be made to take to them (or a Raspberry Pi LOL).
Apple is sort of like a new Acorn. And that brings another thought - the nimble RISC OS would scream on one of these machines.
So who's going to be the first to succeed in natively booting Windows 10 on Apple Silicon hardware? It's like early 2006 all over again
At least the Mac mini's still got regular USB-A and HDMI, we should be grateful for that I guess.
I've got to admit - the kid within me who continuously wants new toys would sort of fancy a new mini to tinker with. But not at those prices - (EUR 778 or more in Germany).
And I wonder - did Apple experiment with, say, Snow Leopard on an A4 CPU as early as 2010? How long has OS X's second double life been going on?
Ryzen 5000 anyone?Moving to ARM is great; I like seeing competition to Intel.
Im glad Im not the only person who feels like that lol! I was talking with the good IT folks at my work and we all agreed that the move to ARM if anything will make battery life really amazing which will actually improve peoples experiences & productivity vs the typical gimmicky BS we often see.Moving to ARM is great; I like seeing competition to Intel.
The actual devices they just announced belong in the garbage can though. A locked down iPad with a crappy keyboard? lol
Ooooo, that would be cool to try! Yeah, Acorn, Commodore, et al. were who I was thinking ofApple is sort of like a new Acorn. And that brings another thought - the nimble RISC OS would scream on one of these machines.
Linus is a chode, he knows his audience of gamer kiddies will trash Apple no matter what so he feeds them titles like "Apple's announcement is a dumpster fire" and yet swallows NVidia marketing like gospel. (8K gaming card anyone?) Ever since he moved into the fancy new office it's been nothing but clickbait hot-takes with zero real substance.I just saw LinesTechTips take on this and I have to confess they are doing a good job in summarising the facts.
We'll see when they're in people's hands next week, I have a hunch they're a lot more than that. (and the butterfly keyboard is still gone, might wanna check your facts)The actual devices they just announced belong in the garbage can though. A locked down iPad with a crappy keyboard? lol
I have a 2019 16" MBP (company issued) with the new keyboard. The new keyboard sucks. It belongs on a $399 laptop from Walmart, not a $3k laptop.I think the eventual reign of x86 was going to fall sometime. Apple just took the first step,, and I'm certain that more will follow in time. The amount of ARM CPU makers is far more vibrant and dynamic than the stagnant Intel and stagnant-until-2017 AMD. Maybe given enough time we'll see a rise of other architectures like RISC-V and even POWER again.
As for the "locked down" RAM, I don't think it's as big a deal as before. It's LPDDR which does not come on DIMMs anyway, and it's part of the CPU package, arguably making the CPU more expensive to manufacture in the first place. Likewise, there's no separate SSD controller so 3rd-party SSDs wouldn't work anyway. If Apple would stop pricing storage and RAM like it's 2009 though that would be super, that's my main beef.
Linus is a chode, he knows his audience of gamer kiddies will trash Apple no matter what so he feeds them titles like "Apple's announcement is a dumpster fire" and yet swallows NVidia marketing like gospel. (8K gaming card anyone?) Ever since he moved into the fancy new office it's been nothing but clickbait hot-takes with zero real substance.
Speaking of hot-takes...
We'll see when they're in people's hands next week, I have a hunch they're a lot more than that. (and the butterfly keyboard is still gone, might wanna check your facts)
For me, the fact that I can't rip the guts out of my laptop matters little compared to portability, battery life, and power. Hell, the whole industry is moving toward that model at the high end anyway.
I would like to see if "Intel Vintage" Macs will be a separate community to PPC though, that'll be interesting.
I'm really happy ith what AMD has done recently. They are absolutely on a roll right now. I bought a T14 with the 4750U and love it.Ryzen 5000 anyone?
I would like to see if "Intel Vintage" Macs will be a separate community to PPC though, that'll be interesting.