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This is the same FBI that wanted Apple to build in a backdoor?

entropys said:

Looking forward to one that sits neatly under the new Mac mini.

Yep! and contains an M.2 slot on the bottom. Perhaps multiple M.2 slots for a raid.

Because of Apple's massive scale they can afford the R&D and the tooling to pack more features into a tiny ring than anyone else could. Tiny tends to be expensive so spreading that out over a enormous number of devises is a huge advantage.

mikethemartian said:

Yet Windows systems don’t seem to have any problems with “complexity” given the widespread availability of games on that system.

I would say Windows systems have lots of problems with complexity, there is nothing simple about making sure your windows system will run the game you want. Things in windows may have gotten better for developers but again I would say there is nothing simple about it.

I think the articles should say that Apple is trying to reboot gaming on the mac. Apple has the largest mobile gaming platform and has a quality development platform. Apple has completely abandon the X86 platform so trying to attract game developers the old way is a waste of time. Getting developers to develop games that span from mobile to desktop is probably Apples best bet. Also of course providing the tools to move games from traditional gaming platforms to the Apple platform.

Apple will not support alternative video cards so the tools to port to Apples alternative is paramount, along with continued hardware development.

The other thing that I would like to see from Apple that I think would help with this transition is a version of the Apple TV with the power level closer to a Mac than an iPhone.

Doomed, Doomed, Doomed I Tell You!