Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs

Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by kllrnohj on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:22PM (#23605995)

> I expect the x64 to ARM transition to be seamless to most people who are currently on the macOS platform.

I completely agree with you IF Apple contains this to just the Macbook market. If they push this to iMac Pro / Mac Pro, too, though? Or even Macbook Pro? That's a different story. For developers it probably won't matter much, but for users currently relying on things like Protools to make a living? There's a good chance this won't be a friendly transition to them in the short term.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by wenc on Monday June 22, 2020 @04:24PM (#23606029)

The pro tools (like Pro Tools) are usually the tools that are being ported first. It was the same with all the other transitions.

If not, there will be Universal 2 binaries with both x64/Intel binaries for a while and an emulation mode for legacy binaries. Underoptimized at first? Maybe, but they work well enough and performance catches up eventually -- the transition is over 2 years. Same situation as before. Software that work will continue to work on existing and new hardware for a while. Nothing is going to stop working the moment the new processors come out.

We've seen all this happen before (m68k - PowerPC - Intel). And it's really not a problem.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by beervirus on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:20PM (#23607570)

Did the keynote give any indication that some machines would stay on Intel?

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by wenc on Monday June 22, 2020 @07:28PM (#23608186)

Yes, at the 1:46:10 mark. Tim Cook says they have some Intel based Macs in the pipeline.

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