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Even as an inveterate Mac user who only uses windows when I have to… would it *kill* them to just put it out as a general windows driver?
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Rayz2016 said: strangenoises said: rob53 said: Why? Java isn't going to make use of all the Apple-specific capabilities, it's just going to continue to run on Macs. What Java applications do people even use anymore? I code J…
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rotateleftbyte said: Foxcatcher - great for searching within files for text inc Office Docs and PDF's. Oracle stopped offering a supported JVM for Catalina. I'm always open for alternatives though but I have not come upon anything even remot…
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22july2013 said: strangenoises said: 22july2013 said: Will this port of JRE be available through the App Store? And if not, will installation of this JRE through manual downloading and installation be accompanied by any warnings…
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22july2013 said: rcfa said: So, for all these years there was no arm64 version of a JVM? I don't think Apple Silicon has the exact same instruction set as Arm. It's a variant that Apple has a license to create. my understanding i…
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22july2013 said: Will this port of JRE be available through the App Store? And if not, will installation of this JRE through manual downloading and installation be accompanied by any warnings from Apple, perhaps like the Digital Signature fro…
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rcfa said: So, for all these years there was no arm64 version of a JVM? There has been, for linux/aarch64. What with that and the macos/x64 support both being around for ages, I suppose it was too much to hope you could just git clone and…
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rob53 said: Why? Java isn't going to make use of all the Apple-specific capabilities, it's just going to continue to run on Macs. What Java applications do people even use anymore? I code Java for a living, and Groovy too, increasingly, an…
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little thing while listening to the podcast, the bit about an "ocr for text written in longhand through Pencil" and the immediate reminiscing about the Newton. I remember the Newton, though I didn't have one myself; but what I remember was that i…
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I bought an iMac at the start of this year. At the time I thought one of three things would happen: There'd be a new iMac soon and it'll be great and I'll wish I'd waited. There'd be a new iMac soon and it'll be worse (eg: no accessible RAM / …
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anome said: I'm surprised no-one's offering a physical escape key that plugs into a USB-C port so you can add one if you need it. I suppose as long as there was a keyboard that offered one, you didn't have to. I think because if you're …
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I had the first version for three years, in gold, bought as a self-reward for completing nanowrimo that year. I loved almost everything about it but especially it's incredible lightness of being. It was light enough to take anywhere whether or not I…
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What about sitting it on top of a bag of frozen peas? ;-) Or, productized, some kit that replaces the base and pushes cold air up into the system? I know I know, I'm pretty sure the cost/benefit analysis of any such "cooling base" product would neve…
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eightzero said: This is an informative article, and an entertaining thread. Lotta business and computer experts here. When I heard about the new mac mini yesterday, I lit off my long dormant one to brainstorm a new use. I've pondered making…
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Well, FWIW I want one, and if I get it, it'll be my sixth, though the last one was a 2011 Mac Mini Server model. ... Just one niggling doubt to wait for when braver people get their hands on it: How good is the cooling / how bad is the thermal th…