I'm dropping the jailbreak just for the beta. iOS 14 looks SOOOOO good.
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WWDC 2020: Complete Transcript of Apple's Keynote with iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and More
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Yeah, it really did seem like they were pretty much giving us everything we've been wanting and then some. Still feeling somewhat hesitant about the new macOS design but it's probably best to unify things, especially with iPhone and iPad apps running on macOS now. As long as it still has the advanced functionality it will be fine. Still feels weird!
Tim literally said the whole transition is expected to take 2 years.
Intel macOS updates for "years to come" could mean 2 years.
Because no one in their right mind spends thousands of dollars just to have the chance to be uncertain about a product's long-term functionality?
They have existing supply agreements they need to honor, and it will take awhile for every variation of silicon (different for a MBA and a Mac Pro, for example) to be ready.
So literally iOS 14 could be 13.7 and it wouldn't skip a beat. This was mediocre at best. I can share watch faces now? WOW. Tons of conversation enhancements that won't mean anything if one Android user is in the group. RCS Messages? No?
ARM looks pretty disappointing as predicted. MacOS is getting more dumbed down. Toyish apps incoming. Have to be able to run windows virtually or its pretty doa. Whatever the case, this won't be worth looking into for 3-4 years at least.
This was a freakin firework. Damn.... well done Apple. First time in years, that I’m really excited...
I see you remember the PPC-Intel transition era as well.
Apple dropped PPC as quickly as they could. I’m holding off on buying a new mac until the first Arm-models ship.
"We still have Intel-based Macs in the pipeline"....
Tim only flippantly said this once, whereas Steve Jobs emphasized this about PowerPC-based Macs 2–3 times back in 2005 during the Intel transition announcement. However, the only worthy PowerPC-based Mac that came out after the 2005 keynote was a new PowerMac G5 (there may have been some other minor upgrades to other products but nothing worth skipping the wait for). The MacBook Pro had gone Intel by January 2006, and it was a much faster transition after that point.
Tim only flippantly said this once, whereas Steve Jobs emphasized this about PowerPC-based Macs 2–3 times back in 2005 during the Intel transition announcement. However, the only worthy PowerPC-based Mac that came out after the 2005 keynote was a new PowerMac G5 (there may have been some other minor upgrades to other products but nothing worth skipping the wait for). The MacBook Pro had gone Intel by January 2006, and it was a much faster transition after that point.
EVERYONE that has any professional or semi-pro usage prefers Classic. Lightroom CC is no better than using Instagram filters as far as I'm concerned!
I can't imagine they would have any chip that can compete with their Mac Pro server chips or even the higher end stuff in the iMacs any time in the next 5+ years.
Why ... Virtualization in the same space. less time restarting and using Option Key to Boot into separate partition, less restrictions for files to be shared between OS' all boost production time something I'm sure the Apple team found absolutely critical during the Covid-19 time frame.
Man ... Apple has really innovated.
Now I'm VERY curious about the hardware designs into 2021. I think I'll be ok on hardware, maybe upgrade to another 13" MBP Intel used (2018) for a few months before going all out on Apple Silicon.
Like the NFL draft this year that was done without the audience and was a surprising hit, this WWDC was excellent and worked better without the endless whoops and applause. Got right to the nub of the products. Very good.
hope my mb air holds out for this!
It will. I'm still on my 13" mid-2011 MBA, on Sierra. If 2 years is normally when people considering to upgrade, I've definitely got my money's worth out of a 7 year old MBA!
BL.
Why would anyone buying a computer from the most valuable company in the world, and that has a history of supporting hardware longer than anyone else in the industry, be concerned about its long term functionality?