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  • Apple's claims about M1 Mac speed 'shocking,' but 'extremely plausible'

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    Sarkany said:
    Xed said:
    Sarkany said:
    williamlondon said:
    Sarkany said:
    Comparing mobile chips to the likes of 10900K...that is extremely laughable.
    Yes, laughable...


    We got desktop computers (with hefty cooling solutions) running at 80C+ during CPU/GPU intensive tasks, but we’re supposed to believe iPhones/iPads/Mac Laptops are able to run the same programs without undergoing a full meltdown. Yeah, okay. I love my Apple devices, but don’t get ahead of yourself there, buddy.
    That's why AnandTech is a respected web publication that does deep dives into processors and you're just a guy on the internet with absolutely nothing but irrational hate to back up your claims.

    You know that you can go to AnandTech's website to see why the Apple A13 scored a 63.3 on the SPECiint2006 test, right? Of course, that takes a little effort on your part so I guess I shouldn't hold my breath.
    I build my own systems, I benchmark my own systems, and I run real world tests on those systems. I have enough years of experience to back up my claims. All you’re doing is employing your appeal to authority fallacy and nothing else.

    The village idiot complains about "appeal to authority", then turns around and does the same thing by talking about how they build their own systems to add credibility to their lies.

    Andrei from Anand is an actual chip designer who worked for Imagination at one point. Ian has a doctorate in Computational Chemistry from Oxford. Curious what your background relating to processor design is.
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  • How Apple Silicon Macs can supercharge computing in the 2020s

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    tzeshan said:
    Apple will be able to eat Windows OS shares this time. Two things. Apple Silicon Macs are rumored to last up to twenty hours on battery. And Pages, Numbers, and Keynote free applications are mature enough to be able to replace Word, Excel, and PowerPoints applications from Microsoft which are very expensive to own. 

    Pages, Numbers and Keynote will never replace Office. Thankfully, Office 365 is dirt cheap for what you get (esp the family plan) and it works on the Mac and iOS devices as well.

    Apple isn’t going to make gains in the PC and laptop market by offering software replacements for what people already use.

    They’re going to advance by making devices that run all their existing software, and do it better. And outside of the small number of people who run VMs or Bootcamp this is exactly what Apple Silicon will do.

    Think of the billion iPhone users and the fact most of them (90%) have a Windows machine. Now all their iOS software can also run on a Mac (and some Mac software will make it to iOS) which makes the concept of Continuity even more appealing (being able to seamlessly switch between their iPhone or Mac for everything, not just certain things).
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  • A custom USB-C cable can jailbreak the T2 chip in a MacBook Pro

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    No persistence means little to worry about. Also requires connection before the Mac starts up (at the login screen as shown in the video). You can't just plug this cable into any Mac and hack the T2 (say while someone steps away from their Mac for a minute).
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  • Apple's T2 chip has an unfixable vulnerability that could allow root access

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    Wow, a lot of stupid posts. This isn't anywhere nearly as bad as people assume.

    - It requires unattended physical access to your Mac.
    - You have to connect a USB-C cable/device and then reboot the Mac before it works. Simply plugging a malicious USB-C cable or thumb drive into your Mac won't do anything.
    - It lacks persistence. As soon as your Mac is powered off or rebooted the system reverts back to it's original state.
    - It doesn't grant access to your Mac. It doesn't get your passwords or logins and so it can't read the contents of your hard drive or actually get past the login screen of your Mac.

    This is the same as the jailbreak exploits that were supposed to spell doom & gloom for iOS security, but never materialized into anything other than a tethered jailbreak for people to try on their own devices.
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  • Breaking down the Coalition for App Fairness' issues with Apple

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    The Coalition for Whiny Developers also has a Twitter account. It’s a wasteland with practically nobody engaging with their posts. And they have a whopping 750 followers, up a massive 50 from last week.

    Doesn't look like they’re having as much of an impact as they thought.
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