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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <rgjqmf$dv4$1@gioia.aioe.org>, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>>>>> Anyone like to talk me out of it? :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> it's *already* obsolete.
>>>> 
>>>> In the sense that I expect it to work, to do the things I want it to do, it
>>>> won't be obsolete for me. Or I suspect pretty much everyone else who buys
>>>> one.
>>>> And I'm not sure how something can become obsolete before the replacement
>>>> is
>>>> announced.
>>> 
>>> it will certainly work, however, based on past transitions, it won't be
>>> supported as long, won't be as fast and will have fewer features than
>>> apple silicon macs. some software will require apple silicon, with no
>>> intel counterpart.
>> 
>> The feature side of things will be interesting. I had Intel and PPC Macs at
>> the time of the last change and I don't remember any significant feature
>> difference - insofar as my memory serves correctly and the comparison is
>> relevant.
> 
> there were numerous cases where an intel mac could do things powerpc
> macs could not. 
> 
> almost immediately, there were intel-only apps, mainly from developers
> who were new to the platform and never had a powerpc mac.
> 
> writing ios apps required an intel mac, as did natively running windows.
> 
> for apple silicon, ios apps will run natively, which will never be
> possible on intel, and expect to see many of them ported to have a
> somewhat normal mac ui. 
> 
> also expect a variety of hardware features that were not previously
> possible with intel.

True — but as you and Gremlin have learned, not Windows x86 virtualization.


>>>>> wait for apple silicon.
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, I would have done if it was due in the next year. But really, I'm not
>>>> that curious.
>>> 
>>> the first apple silicon mac(s) will be released by the end of 2020,
>>> likely announced in october, approximately 2.5 months from now.
>> 
>> We'll see. I'd be very surprised if we see a silcon iMac for a year or more.
> 
> keep in mind that the first intel mac was the imac.
> 
> imac is the most popular desktop mac, and it had only a minimal update
> this past week. 

Pretty significant. Biggest update to camera in years, biggest update to
glass options in years, biggest choice of GPUs, no more Fusion drives, etc.


> the imac pro was not updated at all. 
> 
> the imac is a strong contender for being among the first.

Given how it was just updated that is questionable but not impossible. 



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