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mattinoz said:

kingofsomewherehot said:

Soli said:

3) A10 seems like overkill for the stated functionality, and with FaceTime mentioned I hope that this means the iMac Pro will also include Face ID.

I'm pretty sure that Face ID requires the A11/neural engine... so if the rumored co-processor is an a10, then no Face ID.

I'm not so sure about that?

A9 & A10 can do face feature detection using the Vision Framework are a reasonable speed. Given the computer is generally in a more physically secure location they could lower the test standards and make it more about registered user switching (yes please) than strict security. Still say require password or second factor after say 30min inactivity or if moved assuming Macbooks are also on the cards. Enough time to duck to loo or make coffee, but come back from meeting or lunch and you get prompted.

Good point and it wouldn't need to prompt you, it would just work. It would just wake up when it sees you.

canukstorm said:

kruegdude said:

Soli said:

1) I think bridgeOS is also what Apple calls the OS on their T1 chip for the Touch Bar, Touch ID, and Apple Pay in their MacBook Pros.

• http://newosxbook.com/articles/BridgeOS.html

2) I'm curious why the 'B' is being capitalized when all other Apple OSes have the first letter lowercase.

3) A10 seems like overkill for the stated functionality, and with FaceTime mentioned I hope that this means the iMac Pro will also include Face ID.

4) Is this still launching next month?

Since the A10 will also be used in the HomePod I’m guessing it’s easier to use that fabrication already in place rather than have two different lines. Too bad it’s not the A11 with its new Apple GPU and the new Neural Engine. 

The HomePod uses the A8, not the A10

Apple really needs to make a SiriOS. If Apple released a dock that turned any iDevice into a home Siri assistant millions of people would use their old iPhones/iPads as a Siri home assistant day one. The dock could have the HomePod mics and a loud speaker.

A lot of people have old iDevices and they don't know what to do with them. This would breathe new life into the otherwise "useless" devices. The market is gigantic and would only grow with time.

I would rather use an old iPad than an echo home or some other crap.

GENIUS if true.

The A-processor can offload a lot of work off the main intel chip and can gather research information for Apple if they choose to go all ARM in the future.

PabloTresUnoSeis said:

Still waiting for on-device parsing..not having to rely on an internet connection. I’d be nice if I can use Siri without an Internet connection. Just to ask to start a timer shouldn’t need an internet connection.

I've thought of this when I had my iPod Touch offline half the time BUT where do you draw the line? Do you want it to only start timers? That would be fine but then people will complain it can't play their music or set reminders. How about basic functions from default apps? That would be okay but then people will complain it can't define words or look up wikipedia. Then it becomes a problem because it starts digging into your internal storage. Wikipedia alone takes about 4GB in compressed text.

I thought it would be cool if Siri had a dedicated SSD. Maybe a 16GB chip with possibly other functions but this would take up internal space and cost us more $$$.

appex said:

All-in-one (AIO) computers like iMac are a huge aggression to planet Earth. Computers may last for seven years or less, whereas displays may last for more than 20 years.

Can you explain why my iMac has lasted 8 years?

macxpress said:
I usually disable Siri on the Mac...its just too useless. I don't see where it really does much of anything. 

I think it would be cool to see the A10 or A11 in the next MacBook and/or MacBook Pro along side the Intel CPU. It could run the OS doing basic things and then when power is really needed it kicks in the Intel CPU. That would quite a feat of engineering though. There's a lot of software engineering that needs to take place to make something like that work reliably. 

Why would you want this? By that logic wouldn't it be better to just use one chip to do it all? Why would you want it to switch between chips depending on power?
I think a better application would be what I suggested above. Assign certain functions to the A-chip to deal with exclusively (Siri, TouchID/FaceID, ApplePay and more we haven't thought of) and let Intel deal with the rest. Then slowly cross functions over to the A-processor as research for future ARM Macs.

woolie said:

Fanboys aside, the template is established by Apple's management that year after year releases their software on day x ready or not...  Rigid/unrealistic deadlines produces crapware...   When the iPhone X demo failed on stage, you knew Apple's software had reached new low's... I love Apple's hardware & I have ten of their products, but I despise the constant release of untested software that kills the life of their hardware... Yes, they will fix it someday, but it's a pathetic way to treat your customers...    Yes, I do clean installs & I go in and delete the features that consume a lot of battery life...

iPhone didn’t fail on stage....

I see you’ve been eating the anti-apple propaganda.

People this stupid should be called names. 

JFC_PA said:

Logical: phone’s without plans are required by law to have access to emergency service numbers. 

Right but the Watch is new tech.

3-5 minutes? If Apple can get it connected to emergency services immediately, this is one more(BIG) reason to get a Watch with LTE.

Yeah Apple needs to provide it’s own carrier service. Solve so many problems.