Apple is helping developers make the best software possible. They have a full suite of incredibly optimized and performant frameworks for compute, graphics, si

Apple is helping developers make the best software possible. They have a full suite of incredibly optimized and performant frameworks for compute, graphics, signal processing, machine learning, rendering, animation, networking, etc... That is all available via free download for writing MacOS and iOS apps. Remember, they are selling computers as a combination of hardware and software. They are not selling processors so they are of course not supporting driver and other low level software for other OSs. That's a bummer if you are into other OSs, but it is not part of their business model so it should not be surprising. Other OSs are supported via their virtualization framework. My limited tests show about a 10% performance penalty. Not too bad right out of the gate with a new system. That being said, Ms. Rosenzweig is doing some incredible and interesting work. Really enjoying the series.