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Re: iMac Refresh

From Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: iMac Refresh
Date 2020-08-06 21:11 +0100
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On 06/08/2020 15:51, bob wrote:
> My guess is the apple silicon macs will start with something like the 
> Macbook and the Mac Mini as these will require the least difference from 
> the iPad chip designs already in hand, and the higher performance MBP 

You could just as easily argue that a new iMac will be first with Apple 
Silicon because the all-in-one design is little more than a large iPad.

My bet is on a dual announcement: MacBook Pro and a MacPro.

The MacBook pro will be a top of the range machine - has to from a 
marketing perspective - but will take advantage of being able to turn 
off unneeded cores to save power when the user is idle. This could be 
used to extend battery life or put in a thinner battery and make a 
lighter machine.

The "MacPro Apple Silicon Edition" will have multiple chips to provide 
maybe 128 or more cores for parallel rendering type jobs. Not sure what 
technology Apple have in the way of RAM interconnect-type stuff to allow 
efficient RAM access though.


> and iMac designs will take longer to bring out, and I suspect users at 
> that market segment are more likely to have need of x86 software that 
> will take longer to port, and will be less interested in relying on 
> Rosetta.  I also suspect that people looking to buy the more expensive 
> hardware are more likely to want to see how the apple silicon works out 
> in the real world before actually committing big money.
> 
> Robin

-- 
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
(bruce at scorecrow dot com)

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