dick applebaum

Soli said:

knowitall said:

dick applebaum said:

I keep wondering if it would make sense for a Mac (and macOS) to support configurations with:

1. an ARM CPU and an Intel CPU
2. multiple ARM CPUs
3. multiple ARM CPUs and an Intel CPU

Maybe it need not be all or nothing?

I think it does. Including an Intel CPU defeats the purpose (getting rid of Intel).

Why assume that Apple would be getting rid of Intel because they wanted to use an ARM-based Mac for, say, a new MacBook Air that was basically the 12" MacBook but running an Apple-designed chip? Do you really think there's an ARM-equivlenet that will work for the Mac Pro? I don't see the Pro-line being affected by this until such time as most people are instead bitching that Apple isn't moving fast enough to switch their high-end machines to to ARM.

knowitall said:

dick applebaum said:

knowitall said:

dick applebaum said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

But, here's the thing: ARM is mainstream. Every iPhone, every iPad, every Samsung, nearly every smartphone has an ARM chip in it. Xcode is already set up to be the transition tool that developers need, so the friction will be extremely low.

Mmm...  Does Xcode run on any current ARM devices?  Could it? Should it?

I don’t know if it currently runs on ARM (it’s highly probable that Apple did that already), but it’s just a program as any other, so translating it is just a push on the Xcode button, no biggie.
Why shouldn’t it be?

We have a 12" and 10" iPad Pros with kb cases...  I'd like to be able to run Xcode on these.

I suspect porting Xcode to iOS isn't easy, 12” is very little screen estate for such a program.

Soli said:

dick applebaum said:

Soli said:

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Need to work on your hex!

Oops! I missed transcribing a digit. Fixed! Thanks.

knowitall said:

dick applebaum said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

But, here's the thing: ARM is mainstream. Every iPhone, every iPad, every Samsung, nearly every smartphone has an ARM chip in it. Xcode is already set up to be the transition tool that developers need, so the friction will be extremely low.

Mmm...  Does Xcode run on any current ARM devices?  Could it? Should it?

I don’t know if it currently runs on ARM (it’s highly probable that Apple did that already), but it’s just a program as any other, so translating it is just a push on the Xcode button, no biggie.
Why shouldn’t it be?

1. an ARM CPU and an Intel CPU
2. multiple ARM CPUs
3. multiple ARM CPUs and an Intel CPU