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    Apple Announces "3rd Transition" for macOS: From Intel CPUs to Apple Silicon

    I thought Apple would never be willing to incur the cost and the risk of this move...boy was I wrong! Unifying the code base of iOS and MacOS will be huge. I really do hope it leads to more than just cost savings. The gaping hole in this architecture is of course Boot Camp and virtualization...
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    End Of MacOS on Intel?

    This is a positively terrifying prospect to me, for a number of reasons.
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    End Of MacOS on Intel?

    One more interesting and perhaps relevant bit of news this week perhaps buried in the drama about Intel Macs: https://stratechery.com/2018/the-end-of-windows/ If you look at the Apple rumors in this context, it becomes more apparent that big US tech companies are doubling down on cloud...
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    End Of MacOS on Intel?

    Oh, but we have no idea how far along they are in development. Apple guards its secrets quite zealously. I still think it is likely that we see Intel x86 coprocessors in pro-class Macs for some time to come, simply because there are too many things those customers need to be able to do that is...
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    Support for ARM chips found in macOS Sierra Kernel

    It looks like that is indeed the way things are headed: https://www.slashgear.com/imac-pro-tipped-to-feature-always-on-hey-siri-a10-fusion-chip-19508526/ This brings about some interesting possibilities: most users will be able to do 90% of their tasks (as of today and a growing amount as time...
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    Update Directly to macOS High Sierra

    I was planning to wait a month or two to upgrade, but as usual I couldn't help myself and the app store download was extremely quick as opposed to the usual 2-3 hours when a new Mac OS is released so I went for it last night. Running very conventional hardware (B75 motherboard/GTX 960/SATA...
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    What was your primary reason for building a hackintosh?

    I would have been happy with the Mac Mini, even with its limitation to dual-core CPUs, but the inability to run any better GPU than a GeForce 320M was a deal-breaker for me, and I didn't want to have my computer built into a display (iMac) and a Mac Pro would have been ridiculous overkill.
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    Support for ARM chips found in macOS Sierra Kernel

    It would appear that Microsoft is already beating them to the punch: https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/21/windows-10-arm-qualcomm-2017-launch/ I got this one wrong- I did not think that a practical emulation for x86 on ARM was ready yet, but it appears that MS/Qualcomm feel that they can make a...
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    Good Article on the Current State of Mac Hardware

    Agreed. Mind you, the fact that attempting to switch Macs to ARM right now would be a mistake doesn't mean that Apple won't try to mash the square peg into that round hole...but I predict that the move will cost them much of the market share that all of the careful engineering and focus that...
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    Good Article on the Current State of Mac Hardware

    I know this very eloquently represents my views, and probably a lot of othert folks here: http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/4/12373776/2012-macbook-pro-still-alive-not-dead-why There are a couple of different theories as to why Apple is allowing the current state of affairs, the two prevailing...
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    Powerful & mobile video editing setup—Mini-ITX?

    I got tired of the "big black box" look of the Fractal Design Core 1000 case (best cheap computer case ever, BTW) I had my rig in and upgraded to one of these recently: https://integercomputers.com/shop/a-d5s-mini-computer-case/ and I'm pretty happy with it. I have a mATX motherboard, a...
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    Apple Reveals macOS Sierra at WWDC - Available Fall 2016

    Before you get too nervous about all this, take a step back and look at the context of the events. When Apple made the decision to switch to Intel x86 architecture for Macs back in 2005 (which was a long time ago by computer industry standards but not very long ago at all on a human time...
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    GA-B75M-HD3 / PNY GeForce GT640 /Intel Gigabit CT / Soundblaster Omni Surround Success

    Successfully upgraded the above hardware to OS X 10.10 this weekend. Everything is working right now except USB 3.0. Below are the steps I followed. 1) Back up your OS X 10.9 drive. This is extremely important, and it is the only way you're going to be able to return quickly to a working...
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    New Low-End iMac - End of the Mini?

    One thing I will say about the low-end iMac, it makes a very nicely packaged thin/zero desktop client. OS X is a fine cloud client OS- it's much more lightweight than Windows, and also more efficient in terms of RAM and CPU. It definitely has to be priced more competitively, however. I'm sure...
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