seanismorris

VR/AR glasses will be a game changer (pun intended) and so much more.

Beats said:

seanismorris said:

I’ll let others be the beta testers of these smart devices.  Perhaps I’m just paranoid but the potential for abuse is high.

This week we saw Israel deploy tracking of individuals using their cell phones, and monitoring people that may have come in contact with infected.  Once a government has been authorized to spy on its own people it’s difficult to backtrack.  I can see Israel (etc) keeping this power to monitor those that may have come in contact with “dissidents”.

It the US there’s already been warrants issued by analyzing geolocation data...

As for the technology itself, it could be very useful in reporting emergencies.  For example, if I grab my chest and fall to the ground, the smart device could ask for a response, and if not forthcoming send alerts to family, request an ambulance, etc.

Maybe when I turn 65+ the benefits will out-way the risks... but for the next 2 decades, no thanks.

It's Apple not Amazon. 

If it’s a court order or law, it doesn’t matter who it is.  Apple most likely won’t share your data with advertisers without your permission.  

I’ll let others be the beta testers of these smart devices.  Perhaps I’m just paranoid but the potential for abuse is high.

This week we saw Israel deploy tracking of individuals using their cell phones, and monitoring people that may have come in contact with infected.  Once a government has been authorized to spy on its own people it’s difficult to backtrack.  I can see Israel (etc) keeping this power to monitor those that may have come in contact with “dissidents”.

It the US there’s already been warrants issued by analyzing geolocation data...

As for the technology itself, it could be very useful in reporting emergencies.  For example, if I grab my chest and fall to the ground, the smart device could ask for a response, and if not forthcoming send alerts to family, request an ambulance, etc.

Maybe when I turn 65+ the benefits will out-way the risks... but for the next 2 decades, no thanks.

Soli said:

seanismorris said:

Don’t expect the entire line of Apple products to switch to ARM at the same time.

MacBook Air (ARM)
MacBook (ARM + discrete graphics)
MacBook Pro (Intel for Boot Camp users & compatibility)

The rest of the Macs (& iMacs) are a bit of a mess.  The Mac Pro is obviously going to stay Intel for a long time.  But what about the iMac and iMac Pro?  If the same naming conventions apply, the iMac Pro would be Intel.  What about the Mac mini? Does it get the ARM chip + discrete graphics?  I would think it needs Boot Camp…

1) I mostly agree with your lineup except that I lean toward the MB going to ARM first, not the MBA.

2) While I think it'll be a ways off, an iMac (ARM) and iMac Pro (Intel) may lead to a Mac mini (ARM) and Mac mini Pro (Intel). I think that depends on how many Mac minis they sell that are being used as servers running older apps that won't be converted quickly, along with how many are running virtualized OSes, and how much of a push they want to put toward a lower-priced ARM Mac mini to push additional Mac desktop sales. For me there are too many unknowns in sales to get a glimpse of what Apple may do in this area.

The MacBook Air would be a perfect fit for ARM... no active cooling, slim form factor, long battery life.  Most people would be perfectly happy running almost Apple software exclusively + Apps from the App Store.  All the games, etc. should run without a problem.  Students (etc) that need Office could use the web versions.  If they sold the Air through ISPs and included 5G it would be the perfect machine for 90% of the population. I’d replace my iPad with it...

mbdrake76 said:

I'd still say they are going to be moving to custom-designed AMD chipsets instead.  Probably based around the Zen 2 architecture.  It'll retain x86 compatibility and provide better performance for the power.  The move to an all ARM platform seems a little too early.  Yes, they could if they wanted to, but I still think there needs to be considerable work done before Windows on ARM becomes a proper, mass-embraced thing.

A Mac running ARM Windows makes no sense (I think we agree on that).  I don’t think Apple will go AMD besides using their discrete graphics ...until they develop their own.  I remember reading Intel gives Apple amazing prices for their chips.  It’s possible AMD could match it, but Intel and Apple collaborate elsewhere.  Eventually Apple will do everything in-house, but until then switching to AMD seems like a needless complication.