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If Apple actually sells it at $800 this will be huge. I assume it will ship with some virtualization software and the real question for me is how well that will
by opportune 6y ago
If Apple actually sells it at $800 this will be huge. I assume it will ship with some virtualization software and the real question for me is how well that will work. Even if that doesn't work, at $800 it's definitely going to be a better deal than chromebooks or surface laptops assuming it can do things other than surf the web and email.
- ant6n 6y agoMy fanless 12" ARM Chromebook does have a terminal and linux builtin, as well as a retina-like screen resolution. It also costs only 400$. At twice the cost, an ARM Macbook should allow me to do dev work and brew etc.
- mcintyre1994 6y agoThey talked a bit about Rosetta 2 in the presentation a few weeks ago, it’s an emulator rather than virtualisation. Their main trick was that it does most of the translation at install time instead of runtime, though I guess it’ll depend on app specifics how useful that optimisation is. I’m guessing a browser won’t be improved much for example while a native office package would be. Pretty decent write up here: https://www.theverge.com/21304182/apple-arm-mac-rosetta-2-emulation-app-converter-explainer https://www.theverge.com/21304182/apple-arm-mac-rosetta-2-em...