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  • VMWare Fusion announces macOS Big Sur-compatible tech preview

    mwhitemwhite
    maltz said:
    anome said:
    I'm old enough to remember Soft Windows running on a PowerMac 6100/60. Not the greatest experience, but with surprising performance for total x86 emulation. (At the time I was working with actual Windows machines that made it look positively speedy.)

    Can the Apple Silicon succeed where PPC nearly did 25 years ago? Seems plausible, but doubtful.

    The PowerMac 6100 had an optional DOS compatibility card that had a bonafide 486 system-on-a-card.  Are you sure that's not what you were using that had passable performance?  Because none of the purely software solutions I ever tried were really usable for anything than just to play with.

    That said, the CPU is a lot smaller part of a machine's overall performance today than it was 20-25 years ago.  But mostly, I would be very surprised if Windows-on-Mac is soon to be a thing of the past, especially when Rosetta 2 is inevitably retired, other than maybe running the ARM version of Windows - which is really beside the point.

    I had that card and it ran dang good, compared to any software at that time.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.5 with new battery health management feature

    mwhitemwhite
    Before the update I had 152 gig available on my ssd after the update now have 204 gig available, sure glad I updated :smiley: 
    watto_cobrachia

  • Compared: 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro versus 2020 MacBook Air

    mwhitemwhite
    Toho72 said:
    So, I am here to seek guidance on purchase for my teen daughter (first Mac ever), unfortunately I cannot wait. She has to do minor video editing (Iphone footage). 

    Hope anyone can help or guide me to a side to a side to aske below question:

    Question:  I wonder if we should go for MBA and upgrade to I7 + 16 GB to get decent performance? The price tag gets close to the MBP (In Denmark). But is this a duable road to take? or too odd ?  
    Thanks

    I purchased the i5 with 16 gig ram and it is very fast I did a geekbench test and the i5 ran twice as fast as my old 2015 i5 Pro did, I don't do video so to that point I can't help you.

    ronn

  • Compared: 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro versus 2020 MacBook Air

    mwhitemwhite
    Don't forget the fan noise of the Air!

    I have the i5 Air and love it and haven't heard the fan yet and have opened 6 video's had it up to 170° had to put my ear to the bottom of the case to hear the fan run. I traded in a 2015 Pro and that one the fan ran all the time. So for me I take this on any day.....

    ronn

  • Mac shipments down 21% year-on-year in global PC market shrink

    mwhitemwhite
    avon b7 said:
    As long as there is some kind of event (exceptional in this case) that explains the decline with regards to the real demand, there is nothing to be concerned about. Those who needed a computer and had to rush to get one for teleworking had no incentive to get a comparatively expensive Mac for the tasks required of them.

    With the recent adjustments in pricing of the Air and the rumoured MBP13 with better keyboards, demand should even itself out with supply if production and logistics get back to normal levels.

    If the drop is confirmed relative to PC shipments, I don't think it will be indicative of anything substantial. 

    I have a 2020 Air on order, I ordered it 1 week ago it will be 1-2 more weeks before delivery.
    watto_cobra