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> But Apple's M1 based computers are terrible console-like things that can't do what's expected of a computer. I understand that in an abstract context, and I
by sircastor 5y ago
> But Apple's M1 based computers are terrible console-like things that can't do what's expected of a computer.
I understand that in an abstract context, and I guess it depends on your day-to-day needs. For me, I was incredibly excited to get an M1, and that lasted about a day until I realized that it was just doing everything I was doing on my Intel Mac and lot faster. It doesn't even occur to me that I'm using an M1 because I have had zero speed bumps. The only time I've even been reminded of having an M1 was when the computer told me I needed to install Rosetta to run a program.
My M1 does everything I expect a computer to do. So much so that it's disappeared and I'm just back to "is there a Mac Native version?" for x.
I wonder if the comments were the same back when transitioning from the 68k to the PPC.
- kergonath 5y ago> I wonder if the comments were the same back when transitioning from the 68k to the PPC. Pretty much. There were exceptions, things like early image edition programs that were slow on PPC Macs because of 68k emulation, but for most people it wasn’t an issue and anything advertised as Mac-compatible ran just fine. Again, in the worst case emulation corresponded more or less to the performance of a high-end 68040 CPU (without its maths coprocessor, which was an issue sometimes).