Apple Silicon Macs are needed for consumers and pro users alike
Apple Silicon Macs are taking their design and technology cues from the iPhone — and that's a move which will benefit all Mac users.
Apple Silicon Macs are taking their design and technology cues from the iPhone — and that's a move which will benefit all Mac users.
In a report about the implications for the supply chain of Apple's move away from Intel, well-regarded analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that specific components required to build the first Apple Silicon Macs — like the rumored 24-inch iMac — will initially cost the company more.
Apple revealed it would help developers producing macOS software that will run on Apple's silicon by providing them with a Developer Transition Kit, a customized version of the Mac mini running on new hardware. We look at how it stacks up against the currently-offered Mac mini.
Intel says it will continue to support Apple "across several areas of business," while insisting that its processors give a better experience than Apple Silicon.
During Apple's state of the platform presentation at the WWDC, Apple's engineers have explicitly said that it will be up to the developer if an iPad or iPhone app appears in the App Store for Apple Silicon Macs.
In a "historic day," Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a shift to Apple Silicon, with technologies in place to run existing Intel apps with Rosetta 2.
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