Fatman

Zoom is a Chinese government spy app, shouldn’t be deploying it at all anyway - there are PLENTY of other options with true end to end encryption that also don’t route through Chinese servers.

Frenemies ... Apple also is adopting VP9 and WebP and allowing users to select default browser and mail clients - it’s a balance. 

The current Mac App Store is limping along - this change will breathe new life to Mac apps, the lifeblood of any OS. If MS Office (needed for legitimacy), and ‘big screen’ oriented Pro Creative Design, Audio and Video apps smoothly make the transition, then the platform will continue to live on and even grow beyond its stagnant 10% market share. It is critical for Apple to support developers in porting to ARM, and it appears they have a solid plan that is already quite far ahead. Developers targeting iOS can now leverage their work for the Mac and expand their audience (and revenue) for a limited amount of effort. What will really be attractive - when Intel chips are shed - is a desktop/laptop platform that is more cost effective (think more $999 Macs - not $3000 Macs) and that is incredibly fast (potentially 2 or 3 times faster than Wintel Systems). Two advantages Mac needs.

I use a dedicated receiver/full surround on main TV, sounds great. I’ve been looking for a good quality atmos sound bar for a second TV to avoid another AV receiver/ multi speaker setup (I’m fine with a subwoofer - since that is critical - but don’t want multi fronts and surrounds). Where nearly all sound bars miss the mark - the Sonos included, is they short change you on HDMI inputs - many only give you one! So if you have game system(s), Apple TV, other streamers, cable box you are forced to choose one - unless you route all wiring up to your TV -  that’s pretty ridiculous. I don’t expect a sound bar to offer all the input options of a receiver, but give me three HDMI inputs please!

Complete BS - the cost will be far less for Apple in the long term, that’s one of the major reasons for the migration! Cheaper, faster, cooler. The 28 core Intel Xeon processor in the Mac Pro’s top configuration retails for $3400 - just the cost of the CPU part alone! Then add all those dang cooling fans :-) I bet Apple will be making a performance equivalent 3nm multicore14z at 1/10th the cost by this time next year. We will see more Macs at the $999 price point and below in the next couple of years - choosing ARM over Intel will be a no brainer!