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Apple is dropping Intel chips & replacing them with their own CPUs in Macs in 2020 [1], and working on a unified development API where you'll develop one app fo
by SyneRyder 9y ago
Apple is dropping Intel chips & replacing them with their own CPUs in Macs in 2020 [1], and working on a unified development API where you'll develop one app for iPhone & iPad that will also run on the Mac, so you won't need to write Mac specific apps anymore [2] [3].
It's all rumour & could be wrong. But there's some who feel macOS only has a couple of years left before being discontinued. In that climate, an Electron app is smart because it will be easy to port to iOS / newOS.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/apple-is-said-to-plan-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/apple-is-...
[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-20/apple-is-said-to-have-plan-to-combine-iphone-ipad-and-mac-apps https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-20/apple-is-...
[3] https://mjtsai.com/blog/2018/05/01/scuttlebutt-regarding-apples-cross-platform-ui-project/ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2018/05/01/scuttlebutt-regarding-app...
- red_admiral 9y agoI wish them luck, but Microsoft tried this already (Universal Windows Platform). One thing I fear is that keyboard shortcuts, particular the F-keys, will become a thing of the past.
- jrochkind1 9y agoApple has in the past been quite good at supporting old software even across hardware chip changes. Sometimes requiring only a recompile, sometimes not even that. Whether the Apple of today is the Apple of old, hard to say. Seems difficult to make development choices today based on rumors, in any event.