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  • Rosetta 2 lacks support for x86 virtualization, Boot Camp not an Apple Silicon option [u]

    strannikstrannik
    I got a dual boot thinkpad with Linux and Windows, just in case! 

    The potential issues for me:

    Windows apps I must have. These are becoming very few: MS Office, a Windows only music scanning program, etc. I could actually dump Windows if I had to. Not Apple Silicon Ready

    Music production: You can do it on Linux, you can sort of do it in Windows, but Macs rule this area. Sure Bitwig will run on any OS, but I like Logic. I can start a project in GarageBand on iOS, and then work on it in Logic. - Apple Silicon Ready

    DevOps/Web Development: for me at the moment, this means docker. I can do the same work on Mac, Linux or Windows (in WSL2 Linux). Apple Silicon Ready

    OpenGL dependent apps: Many of these will work or will be ported, probably with some bumps in the road. They already started running worse as of Maverick. With a complete switch to Metal and Apple Silicon, I may have to switch to the Linux box until they are ported. Some of that will not be trivial. This includes gimp, Inkscape, blender and viewers for open simulator. Not Future MAC Ready....yet?

    VR/3D apps: I was already to run out and get a sonnet puck external GPU as it works with Mac or Wintel. I was interested in the oculus rift as well. Perhaps for the Lintel/Wintel box. Apple is rumored to be doing something in the VR space, but there are no hints yet. Not Apple Silicon Ready for me

    Virtual machines: only as long as it is ARM. This will eventually be functional, but it is too much of a break in my existing stuff for now. Not Apple Silicon Ready - for my workflow.

    My most important commercial apps are on the Mac, and some only on the Mac, but I also want all of the great linux apps I use.  My conclusion is that any performance wins from Apple Silicon are not enough to offset the disruption to my tools and workflow in the near future. My next Mac will still be an x86 box.

    BUT I can see the potential long term gains, and I think that Apple is making the right move, and not all of it is even purely self-serving.  Depending on how it all shakes out, and how long non-trivial stuff takes to port, I could see the Mac after next being Apple Silicon.

    GeorgeBMac