dick applebaum

tmay said:

dick applebaum said:

tmay said:

dick applebaum said:

cgWerks said:

dick applebaum said:

Just for grins...

Several What Ifs:

• Apple has Developed A New RISC chip for Macs 
• There is a variant for iPads
• Apple has legally reverse-engineered Intel ala AMD

Then I'll take back some of the negative stuff I've said over the last couple of years, and have a bit more hope in future Apple again.

However, they'd still need some Intel-based updates until the above has matured or proven itself capable for those who need x86 compatibility. I don't think that's the kind of thing people would just leap into.

I think that Apple has the talent and enough time to have accomplished this — Including the Intel RevEng for lower-end Macs... and they seem to be working on tech for high-end Macs, as well as cross-platform graphics.

Obviously, Apple won’t sell their chips/tech to others.  If Apple is in a place to reveal this at WWDC 2018, they could make some interesting hardware announcements on Monday... and put a tent pole in the ground for the future.

As a Developer it makes sense!

I don't disagree, but find the the solution is for the lower priced Macs to sport an ARM processor that doesn't support x64, and work with MS to run a first class version of Windows 10 for ARM. True, it's a bifurcation of the product line, but benefits both Apple and MS. Additionally, Apple can provide a class leading ARM SOC exclusively to MS for them to build there own product line. Apple benefits from a larger SOC production, and limited Windows 10 compatibility, and MS benefits from a class leading processor.

Once Apple has established a market for such a product, which would be MacOS. iOS, and Windows 10 (all being a competitive solution for K-12), then they can later develop versions that do support x64 and directly compete against Intel.

Why couldn’t Apple’s ARM chip support X64?  From what I’ve read Intel just adopted AMD’s implementation— and there would be even less legal problems than X386.

I should have stated "doesn't emulate x64". MS is stating the they will not run x64 in emulation, but MS will run x64 recompiled to ARM which limits ARM to UWP apps That being the case, Apple might be best to only support Windows for ARM via UWP apps, rather than attempting their own emulation for x64.

I'm guessing that AMD will license x64 to Apple, but having heard no rumors to the effect, who knows.

bitmod said:

lkrupp said:

Ewalkaceblu said:

My sincere advice is to leave the Apple ecosystem. If you think for one millisecond Apple is going to produce a Gaming PC you are living in another universe. No, really, you are. And then you proceed to trash everything else about Apple except for macOS. You say you’re impressed with iPhones and iPads but then say iOS is boring. After years of “disappointment” and “depression” you are way past leaving the platform. Go. Leave. Be happy. Apple most assuredly does not care about your user demographic. Serious PC gamers wouldn’t touch a Mac with a ten foot pole. Go to a Frys or MicroCenter, buy a bunch of parts off the shelves and put together your dream gaming machine and be done with it. Seriously. You don’t belong here and probably will not respond either.

Harsh man. 
I would argue that every single Mac user wishes they could play games better on their Mac - who wouldn’t want a better GPU? 
Who wouldn’t want a better graphics engine?

There are millions of users who play games on their Mac. Most playing Blizz games cuz that’s all that runs half decent on the Mac. 
Lots of Pros play games on their macs. 

Mike Wuerthele said:

macapfel said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

macapfel said:

I think you (almost) completely forgot about Service and Media. Service: better integration of Home, Family-Sharing, ApplePay, Health on Mac with expanded analytics, ... Media: more Music content, easier access through multiple HomePods, Movies, ... And sure, Siri update!

Didn't forget. This isn't really a software-centric piece, though.

Oh, OK. Just from the title I thought this is what could be expected from WWDC as well.

Yeah, we talked about it briefly, you're right. Software expansions beyond version numbering are WAY harder to predict.