RE: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread Rebecca Skipper
Well, Please remember that iPads could be an option, and don't forget about the more affordable Mac Mini. I am using windows to type this message, and I do not see myself using a Mac for all my computing needs for a while because there are apps that do not work on the Mac. However, if Windows wa

RE: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread Rebecca Skipper
Well, I was intrigued by the idea of running windows on a Mac, but I am starting to agree with others who say that if you want Windows get a Windows machine. I haven't heard of anyone running Mac on Windows using a screen reader, and I do not take this feature for granted. If you really want to r

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
It’s absolutely right that Apple Silicon is the future and if you’re buying now, and want to have maximum future and feature support, that’s the way to go. I would not dismiss Intel Macs out of hand—they can do one thing Apple Silicon can’t, namely, run Microsoft Windows. They are available now

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread maurice mines
Hi, unfortunately here are my concerns about this entire Apple silicon versus the Intel mock debate, and my concerns about it when it is in respect to this issue. The issue that I see is simply this. If you have to the way Apple sees it financially is trade-in your Intel Mac spend $600 which I

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread Muhammad Fayed
BY THE WAY, how do you use your Macs? I think the performance difference for you is not much because it is not a high workload that shows the difference. One of the things I noticed between two Macs one of 2016 and another from 2020 is in dealing with larger numbers sheets. I find it more respo

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread Muhammad Fayed
A direct thing that you can notice the speed of performing image recognition using VO+shift+l since it is an ML feature. That should be significantly faster on M1 according to my experience with the same feature on iPhone 10s compared to 2016 MBP. It is much faster on iPhone. As Rebecca and Bra

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread Brad Snyder
Apple generally supports a product for about 5 - 7 years after it has been discontinued and is no longer sold by Apple. At that point, it is termed a vintage product. A product that has been discontinued and has not been sold by Apple for more than seven years is termed an obsolete product, and

RE: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread Rebecca Skipper
I think Intel Macs will not be supported at some point, but the question remains how long Apple will continue supporting Intel based Macs once they finish their transition to the M1 chips. From: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2021 6:44 PM To: macvisionaries@googl

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
For anyone who is planning a purchasing decision, it’s worth noting that there are software features that won’t be available on Intel-based Mac systems, such as new text to speech support for certain languages, and on-device speech recognition for dictation. I would expect this list of features exc

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

2021-10-24 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I don’t think there’s any meaningful difference, personally, certainly no more than would normally be expected for machines of similar benchmarks on either platform. So, for instance, my 2019 iMac is more powerful than my 2020 M1 Mac Mini, and it feels just the same. JMO. I can’t wait to see Li