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Re: iMac Refresh

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: iMac Refresh
Date 2020-08-07 14:06 +0000
Message-ID <hp55g1F3s4pU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <hp2sq4FjvsrU5@mid.individual.net>, Snit
> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> 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, 
>>> 
>>> two totally different designs.
>> 
>> What made you think he suggested otherwise? 

You gave no support for your view. You made up the claim he tried to equate
the two designs. 

> literacy.
> 
>>>> and the higher performance 
>>>> MBP and iMac designs will take longer to bring out, 
>>> 
>>> the latest iphone and ipad pro already benchmarks better than the
>>> macbook pro.
>> 
>> What made you think he suggested otherwise? 

Again no support from you. You made up the claim he said otherwise. 

> literacy.
> 
>>>> 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. 
>>> 
>>> almost certainly not an issue for nearly everyone.
>> 
>> Elsewhere you tried to sell me on the importance of running Windows. 
> 
> no i didn't. 

Direct lie on your part. 

> i explained what needs to happen so that windows can run on apple
> silicon, not whether or not it's important.

I never asked what was needed nor suggested I did not know. 

>>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> probably not.
>> 
>> Just a guess ‹ but I would say bigger purchases would be more prone to
>> people wanting to see how well they work.
> 
> how well they work will be known within days of their release, if not
> well before then.

In many areas. But not for everyone’s specific workflows and skill sets. 

> also, very few people will want to spend large sums of money on dead
> end technology that's obsolete before they even buy it.

There will be some who hold off. Sure. 

> <https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/wayne_gretzky_383282>
>   I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
>   Wayne Gretzky





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