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I've been playing with a Windows ARM64 laptop and it's weirdly sluggish mainly because I think ARM IO and GPU cannot compete with Intel's offering. You can run

I've been playing with a Windows ARM64 laptop and it's weirdly sluggish mainly because I think ARM IO and GPU cannot compete with Intel's offering. You can run benchmarks and the CPU seems decent for a laptop, but it's all the other things that make a great user experience. I'm skeptical that Apple would do this to replace Intel as an option, especially in the Pro line-up. This is either a move for a co-processor to aid in better battery, or a lightweight, LTE/5G connected laptop that exists on its own. shrug

tracker1 8y ago
I'm not sure it will work for some tasks at all. Specifically A/V editing may suffer, adobe tools in general likely won't see the light of day, and the day to day software won't be a clean migration most likely. It could actually be a great opportunity for Adobe to pair with a Linux vendor (IBM, Canonical) to create a first class supported environment, if they have to do the architecture migrations anyway. I also think that Apple should probably create a gui toolkit as an alternative to electron for mac supported apps, or possibly a react native option. It will be interesting, but if they kill their pro lineup, I don't know they can compete, too many are already using 6-7 year old mac pros, and this will kill hackintosh which is what a lot of pros have gone to.
- jarjoura 8y ago
  Adobe is already porting their software to ARM architecture. I imagine opening a billboard sized PSD would be painful, but I could see small little icon assets and making tweaks would be a perfectly valid lightweight activity. https://www.macworld.com/article/3313881/software/adobe-introduces-real-photoshop-on-ipad-coming-in-2019.html https://www.macworld.com/article/3313881/software/adobe-intr...
  - gardaani 8y ago
    I don't know how large is "billboard sized", but iPad Pro with full Photoshop CC can open 3GB 12000x12000 PSD files without any lag. https://petapixel.com/2018/10/30/apples-new-ipad-pro-can-edit-a-3gb-psd-file-in-photoshop-with-zero-lag/ https://petapixel.com/2018/10/30/apples-new-ipad-pro-can-edi...
- akeck 8y ago
  I may be mis-remembering, but I thought Adobe was re-mangling all their apps to use web tech under the covers?
  - tracker1 8y ago
    There's a lot that can use web tech... I think we're at a point where image editing is probably an option, I don't think we're anywhere near there for video editing or computer generated 3d graphics.
  - bluedino 8y ago
    They’ve also been porting code to iOS this whole time
bitwize 8y ago
That laptop doesn't have an Apple CPU. Apple ARM silicon is competitive with Intel today. In a few years it simply won't be possible to buy a PC that's performance competitive with an ARM-based Mac.

tracker1 8y ago

I'm not sure it will work for some tasks at all. Specifically A/V editing may suffer, adobe tools in general likely won't see the light of day, and the day to day software won't be a clean migration most likely. It could actually be a great opportunity for Adobe to pair with a Linux vendor (IBM, Canonical) to create a first class supported environment, if they have to do the architecture migrations anyway. I also think that Apple should probably create a gui toolkit as an alternative to electron for mac supported apps, or possibly a react native option. It will be interesting, but if they kill their pro lineup, I don't know they can compete, too many are already using 6-7 year old mac pros, and this will kill hackintosh which is what a lot of pros have gone to.

jarjoura 8y ago
Adobe is already porting their software to ARM architecture. I imagine opening a billboard sized PSD would be painful, but I could see small little icon assets and making tweaks would be a perfectly valid lightweight activity. https://www.macworld.com/article/3313881/software/adobe-introduces-real-photoshop-on-ipad-coming-in-2019.html https://www.macworld.com/article/3313881/software/adobe-intr...
- gardaani 8y ago
  I don't know how large is "billboard sized", but iPad Pro with full Photoshop CC can open 3GB 12000x12000 PSD files without any lag. https://petapixel.com/2018/10/30/apples-new-ipad-pro-can-edit-a-3gb-psd-file-in-photoshop-with-zero-lag/ https://petapixel.com/2018/10/30/apples-new-ipad-pro-can-edi...
akeck 8y ago
I may be mis-remembering, but I thought Adobe was re-mangling all their apps to use web tech under the covers?
- tracker1 8y ago
  There's a lot that can use web tech... I think we're at a point where image editing is probably an option, I don't think we're anywhere near there for video editing or computer generated 3d graphics.
- bluedino 8y ago
  They’ve also been porting code to iOS this whole time

bitwize 8y ago

That laptop doesn't have an Apple CPU. Apple ARM silicon is competitive with Intel today. In a few years it simply won't be possible to buy a PC that's performance competitive with an ARM-based Mac.