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Even more fun is reading the forums on the actual dev and seed sites dedicated to authorized early users discussing issues and solutions with the releases. Despite the fact that you should absolutely know what you're doing, and what you're getting into, if you're authorized to be on those forums, you constantly get "that's it, I'm done with Apple/macOS/iOS/Safari/Insert Here forever" after they run into some bug that kills their workflow at the moment. They are positively indignant that such a bug could exist, even though their role in testing the software in the first place is to find and report such bugs. 

Thank goodness they're finally killing OpenGL. It had its day, but that day has long passed. No one uses it anymore except on Mac, where Metal is already so much faster and makes much better use of the hardware. Think of Metal like Sony's own APIs for the Playstation. Even though the PS4 quite similar in terms of hardware to the XBox, they don't use DirectX or any such derivative. They have their own custom APIs, which like Metal, allows devs to get right to the hardware without an OpenGL or DirectX middleman. This makes the system more efficient and often more powerful. Apple is absolutely doing the right thing here. It's not about standards, it's about squeezing every possible drop of performance and efficiency out of your hardware.

That said, without a little push, devs can be very, very slow to adapt, as adapting requires time and effort up front. If it can be avoided, they'll avoid it, but this should do the trick. Oh, and to those inclined to panic over such things, if devs and publishers are making money selling their games and apps on macOS, they will continue to do so. If they don't, they won't. This will not have any impact in terms of releasing software. If they're making money, they'll adapt, like devs always do. 

I'm less optimistic about OpenCL, as Metal hasn't yet proven to be as adept as OpenCL at offloading CPU tasks to the GPU. Heck, Adobe already supports both OpenCL and Metal for this very purpose in their apps, and to say OpenCL is faster than Metal is an understatement. It can be massively faster in certain tasks. Apple better make significant improvements to Metal in this area over the life of Mojave if this is to go smoothly. 

Really odd editorial on AppleInsider. Just below a header for a review proclaiming the new iPad an absolute steal, there is this article suggesting it's not worth the tradeoffs in 2018. It can't really be both. 

uroshnor said:

pg4g0001 said:

I work around 500 meters away from the site, and was actually there today.

Rayz2016 said:

tallest skil said:

Australian banter is quite well renowned. As for the building design itself, what function is served by the pagoda wings? Why couldn’t the same function be done with traditional Australian architecture?

My first guess would be so the people inside the building won’t be  blinded by the sun. 

Honestly, some protection from the summer sun might be helpful, but the design is completely out of touch with the area. Granted, even when Federation Square was built, it was an odd architecture. This however doesn’t event suit that. I’m not sure what Angela Ahrendts was smoking when she said it was in keeping with the area...

To be honest, an Apple Store in the city centre is long overdue. But the public sentiment is very strong against this. This is a civic space and Apple is seen by the majority here as the antithesis of that. I can’t see a Union Square “Town Centre” store working here. There are plenty of better places for this store. Burke Street comes to mind...

This isn’t to say that I dislike the idea of an Apple Store. Would help me out a lot. But this placement and design is a bad decision by a company that doesn’t understand the culture here and that this is really a slap in the face to Victorians.

Apple really has been quite tone deaf on this one and misread how the local community feels about Federation Square.

With luck it will get shut down, during due process and they will need to look at other locations.

Help me out on this. I've not been to the location personally, and have only seen photos. To my eyes, rectangular black glass buildings are as ugly and soulless as buildings come. The building behind the proposed Apple Store, with the huge satellite dishes...that's the aesthetic Australians are determined to protect?

Given that the design was created in conjunction with architects for both Federation Square and the Victorian government, and endorsed by them in project planning, I'm not sure what the real issue is here. Is it more than people just don't like Apple and don't want them there period, regardless of any design? 

seanismorris said:

No comment.  I hate malls...

Making me walk past a bunch of stores that I have no interest in, to get where I need to go, is a waste of my time.

They probably also have parallel parking... shudder.

My man, you need to look up the term "mall". You're confusing the term's true meaning with the indoor American monstrosities with food courts and mall rats. Think more of the National Mall in DC.