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  • China sees no reason to keep iPhones if WeChat is banned

    I know this is a basic question, but I haven't seen it answered anywhere:

    Can the US president force a US based company to ban an App in a foreign country?
    Or can companies do what they feel like outside the US?

    I realize a President could always threaten retaliation on behavior they don't like, but can they actually tell Apple "you cannot offer WeChat in the Chinese App Store?

    Just curious if anyone knows?

    watto_cobra
  • First ARM Mac said to arrive in 2021 with custom Apple chip

    knowitall said:
    It will be the best move of Apple, ever.

    It is also important to do it as fast as possible, late 2020 is already a bit late.
    Maybe no one sees this coming but competition from opensource hardware and software designs will be intense.

     
    Yeah - it's a shame  - if Apple weren't so heavily invested in ARM they could've gone with RISC-V.  I think that had it not been for AMD's fire storm of a comeback, x86 would already be on the way out.  That's what prompted all the huge companies to create business server ARM CPUs in the first place.  It would also be nice if Apple shifted to a non-binary delivery model to make ISA shifts less painful in the future.
    tommy65watto_cobra
  • First ARM Mac said to arrive in 2021 with custom Apple chip

    It'll be very interesting to see the speed of conversion:  Back in 2006, Apple announced the first Intel based Mac, and within 12 months had switched all of their products to Intel.  But at least they provided Rosetta so you could still run PowerPC binaries.  I sincerely hope they go the fat binary route again, so active software can still provide full performance on both ARM and Intel based Macs. (Just check that box in XCode and hit compile). 

    It'll be great to have 32 registers again. :)



    watto_cobra
  • Best Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosures for macOS

    The worst part of Apple's focus on Metal is it means the Mac loses a lot of cross platform games because it doesn't support a cross platform graphics API and they can't afford to write an entirely different engine just for the Mac. Maybe someone can write an OpenGL compatibility library in Metal? I get that Vulkan is supposed to replace OpenGL, but it's a mess right now - it's the Itanium of standards.
    dysamoriacgWerks
  • Who should upgrade to the new iPhone SE

    I feel like this is the perfect phone for anyone that doesn't feel they need an iPhone that looks like the newest and coolest.  TouchID works better than FaceID in most situations, a home button is easier than swiping up constantly.  256 megabytes is a good amount of storage for a lot of people.  Water resistance is a plus.  Really, the only reason to go for the high end iPhones (besides the cool factor) is they have much better cameras.  But I think the "cool factor" is much more important for teenagers and maybe young professionals.

    I'm still using my 6S, and aside from hating the limitations of 128GB storage and a lackluster camera, it's an awesome phone!  And I still remember how great everyone felt about it when it launched. :)  


    watto_cobra