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> I expect the x64 to ARM transition to be seamless to most people who are currently on the macOS platform. I completely agree with you IF Apple contains this
by kllrnohj 6y ago
> I expect the x64 to ARM transition to be seamless to most people who are currently on the macOS platform.
I completely agree with you IF Apple contains this to just the Macbook market. If they push this to iMac Pro / Mac Pro, too, though? Or even Macbook Pro? That's a different story. For developers it probably won't matter much, but for users currently relying on things like Protools to make a living? There's a good chance this won't be a friendly transition to them in the short term.
- wenc 6y agoThe pro tools (like Pro Tools) are usually the tools that are being ported first. It was the same with all the other transitions. If not, there will be Universal 2 binaries with both x64/Intel binaries for a while and an emulation mode for legacy binaries. Underoptimized at first? Maybe, but they work well enough and performance catches up eventually -- the transition is over 2 years. Same situation as before. Software that work will continue to work on existing and new hardware for a while. Nothing is going to stop working the moment the new processors come out. We've seen all this happen before (m68k - PowerPC - Intel). And it's really not a problem.
- beervirus 6y agoDid the keynote give any indication that some machines would stay on Intel?
- wenc 6y agoYes, at the 1:46:10 mark. Tim Cook says they have some Intel based Macs in the pipeline.