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  • Parallels Desktop 16.5 released with native Apple Silicon support

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    NYC362 said:
    So let's say I have an M1 Mac with Parallels 16.5 and Windows 10 ARM.  Will Windows programs that use the regular Windows 10 for Intel (like Quicken for Windows) work...or do those programs need to be written for Windows for ARM. 
    They should work via Microsoft’s emulation/translation to x86-64 or x86. The last I heard you need to use a fast track version of Windows on ARM to get the x86-64 emulation. 
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  • Intel is now making 'Mac versus PC' ads with Justin Long

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    Xed said:
    IreneW said:
    Sorry for being ignorant, but what's this thing about multi monitor support?
    The first iteration of the M-series chip with the M1 in 3 entry-level Macs only support 2 4K monitors. Intel (and those that hate Apple) are saying that Apple sucks big donkey balls because of you can't have more than the 2monitors (not including Sidecar and including the MacBook Air's display) despite the aforementioned info about it being entry-level and just being released.

    The M2 or M1X for the MBP will likely support more and eventually they will support more high-resolution displays, which will eventually be met by those same people with, "yeah, but so what. Most people only use the one or maybe two displays. That's just pointless overkill." We've seen this time and time again over the decades.
    It's actually worse than that. The M1 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro only support a single external monitor. It can be up to 6K XDR but no matter what, they only support a single external. Clamshell mode doesn't affect this limitation. The MacBook display always uses up one of the available video connections.

    The M1 Mac mini can support 2 external monitors. One connected to the HDMI port up to 4K and one connected to the ThunderBolt port up to a 6K XDR.

    For most people buying the entry level M1 Macs, these limitations are probably not a big deal. I certainly don't need more than one 4K or 5K display connected to my M1 MacBook Air but everyone buying one of these first M1 Macs should be aware of the limitations.
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  • Researchers discover JavaScript-free attack that affects Apple M1 chips

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    Calling Silver Sparrow a vulnerability is ridiculous. It is just compiled code signed with a developer certificate. Compiled for an M1 processor. It implies that anything malicious that is meant to run on a computer is a vulnerability. It renders the word vulnerability meaningless. 
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  • Apple 'AirTags' and iPad Pro event now rumored for March 23

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    If AirTags aren't announced at the next event can we stop talking about them?
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  • Apple has stopped producing 512GB, 1TB SSD iMac 4K models, claim sources

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    wizard69 said:
    elijahg said:
    It'll be interesting to see how well the M1 manages to push the 15 million pixels on the 5K iMacs, which some of the discrete GPUs struggle with. That's quite a few more than the ~3m on the 13" MBP. 

    It will be a problem for M1 but at a minimal I would expect an M1X.    Actually we could just ask a Mini owner with a 4K screen.   

    Personally I don't see Apple giving up on discreet GPU's this year.   What would be interesting is if they have a program with AMD to produce an optimized GPU for the high end machines.   In this case I could see AMD & Apple implementing AMD's fabric interface instead of PCI-Express.  


    The M1 Macs support up to 6K@60fps right now. I don't think it is going to be a problem. Having to support 2 5K monitors is something that the current M1 Macs can't do but a single display at 5K is not a problem.
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