Re:Apple announces ‘One More Thing’ event for November 10th
by mlindner on Monday November 02, 2020 @10:39PM
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> better performance only if your desired software runs on the new processor. if not then what do you have?
Well of course... Give it some time for the patches to come. Recompiling for multiple processor architectures is easier now than it used to be.
> I know, there is a crowd out there that loves to declare "you should not use your Mac for games" along with "Buy a system for games then". Well let me be blunt, if it cannot serve both purposes then it serves none which means leaving the platform behind.
I think you SHOULD use a Mac for games. Most people saying that are not in fact Mac users. The ARM transition isn't going to push Mac games out of existence. In fact it'll probably push Microsoft to properly treat ARM as a first class citizen so companies will be compiling their software for two different architectures anyway.
Well of course... Give it some time for the patches to come. Recompiling for multiple processor architectures is easier now than it used to be.
> I know, there is a crowd out there that loves to declare "you should not use your Mac for games" along with "Buy a system for games then". Well let me be blunt, if it cannot serve both purposes then it serves none which means leaving the platform behind.
I think you SHOULD use a Mac for games. Most people saying that are not in fact Mac users. The ARM transition isn't going to push Mac games out of existence. In fact it'll probably push Microsoft to properly treat ARM as a first class citizen so companies will be compiling their software for two different architectures anyway.