I don’t take AppleInsider very seriously. I mean, they’re shameless apologists, which makes it very hard to tell how much is Apple worship and how much informed opinion. Much more important: they’ve censored some of my more sweary comments in the past, and there’s just no forgiving that. ;-)
To be honest, I think the ARM (oops, sorry, can’t use that word, I mean “Apple Silicon”) transition is much more about business than it is about technology. Intel chips are high margin, and Apple goes after margin like a corporate lawyer goes after fees. Right now, you can boot unsigned operating systems, so you can theoretically run apps in perpetuity for any given operating system version, even if it is not signed by Apple. But for how long? Remember, Apple now has complete control over the stack, so you no longer have the choice of just leaving macOS. This gives them enormous leverage in future, if they ever choose to stop people running unsigned operating systems or apps. It doesn’t really bear thinking about. More important, though: the "Apple Silicon” Macs pave the way for a complete transition to iOS, by removing all but the most trivial of impediments for iOS app developers of being able to build and deploy those apps, without any thought given to Mac user experience. It does not fill me with good cheer, especially if the present-day “Catalyst” apps are any guide to what that would feel like. Yes, people will laugh now, but I predict a future in which the iPad Pro can dual-boot between iOS and macOS—the latter of which will uniquely support Cocoa/AppKit, for those “few specialised apps” that Mac users need. Brrrr ... To the present quandary of Apple Silicon vs Intel and BootCamp, in my mind the future is a stark choice between running iPhone apps, and running multiple operating systems that includes Microsoft Windows. I can already run iPhone apps, on my iPhone. Windows is, unfortunately, a big part of the case for the Mac, even though I run it very, very rarely. Hence, it seems to me that if I am to have the best of all possible worlds, the right thing for me to do is to lap up the last of the Intel Macs, when they become available. They have a future for as long as Apple supports them with macOS, and thereafter, running Windows or Linux. BootCamp is _not available_ on Apple Silicon, and the Linux virtual machine being demonstrated was an ARMv8 Debian installation. Unless Microsoft announces OEM partnership with Apple to run Windows on Macs either directly or in a VM, there will be no Windows, and even if there were, it would not contain the same ecosystem of applications that we all know and love, without a terrible performance cost. Face it, Apple Silicon and Windows are just not likely. I’ve been on the fence for the last 4-5 years about moving back to Windows on a full-time basis. It doesn’t happen, only because Apple hardware is insurance against losing access to macOS while still having access to Windows when it’s needed. When that no longer becomes a possibility, the balance of imperatives, especially the accessibility imperative, may favour Windows full-time. I don’t look forward to it; i think macOS, and especially AppKit apps, provide, when available, a simply superior experience to Windows. But when the option is no longer available, it no longer becomes a concern. When you purchase new hardware, you’ll have to choose which is more important. Who can honestly say that the accessibility provided by Windows, and especially in professional environments, is not? And who can honestly doubt that much of what makes Windows appealing is a consequence of Apple’s neglect of macOS as a platform in matters, especially, of accessibility? On 25 Jun 2020, at 13:35, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > One of the glories of homebrew apps on Mac hardware is that you can > still send output to your various media devices. Sorry Janina, what does this mean? Which media devices? Cheers, Sabahattin -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/A80101C8-7E28-4FB2-BECE-F486B440F543%40me.com.
