Apple Previews macOS 11.0 Big Sur - Available Fall 2020

[Johnwii]

Oh! Surface Pro X might be Hackintosh vNext.

 

[vincerutabaga]

Well, If ARM are that great in the future, maybe it will be put into PC/windows too, then no problem.

 

[tabarus]

trying out Skins

me too I even tried windows blinds , but was all to cumbersome.
If you fonda way drop me a line

Here theses are useful:
https://www.wintools.info/index.php/advanced-system-font-changer
Change font to lucida grande or similar

Mouse Wheel Accelerator

Download Mouse Wheel Accelerator for free. Mouse Wheel Accelerator improves the wheel scroll in windows towards dynamic smooth iPhone-like scrolling.

sourceforge.net

Mouse wheel acceleration, works quite good, i hope MS will integrate that option in future.
you can nudge either one line or just give it a spin

eM Client - Email Client and Calendar Software for Windows and Mac

This free email client should be installed on your desktop. eM Client is just great.

emclient.com

Best free email client I found under Windows which looks OK (still white glitches in dark mode)

Please use teh feedback hup and serach dor darkmode white flashes / glitches and vote

 

[jaymonkey]

Well, If ARM are that great in the future, maybe it will be put into PC/windows too, then no problem.

@vincerutabaga,

Highly unlikely, Apple,Silicon is not just an ARM processor but a SOC (System On Chip) that includes additional Apple exclusive hardware sub-components such as GPU's, Neural Engines, Memory controllers, Apples Bionic Engine, Security Enclaves, Cryptographic Accelerators, Dedicated Camera and Image Processors ... to name a few but there are many many more.

As such it will be impossible to run ARM based MacOS on a ARM based PC or laptop as it simply will lack all the Apple exclusive SOC hardware.

Cheers
Jay

 

[SuperPolloHV]

Possible solution? (for those who don't know Spanish, copy+paste in Google Translator or Bing... whatever you want, or browse about the components, they are not translated)

Huawei lanza un PC de sobremesa sin Intel, AMD y Microsoft, con hardware y software 100% chino

Huawei ya ha puesto a la venta un PC de sobremesa alimentado por un procesador propio ARM. La carrera de las compañías chinas por independizarse de USA continúa.

computerhoy.com

English:

 

[vincerutabaga]

@vincerutabaga,

Highly unlikely, Apple,Silicon is not just an ARM processor but a SOC (System On Chip) that includes additional Apple exclusive hardware sub-components such as GPU's, Neural Engines, Memory controllers, Apples Bionic Engine, Security Enclaves, Cryptographic Accelerators, Dedicated Camera and Image Processors ... to name a few but there are many many more.

As such it will be impossible to run ARM based MacOS on a ARM based PC or laptop as it simply will lack all the Apple exclusive SOC hardware.

Cheers
Jay

Ok thanks, too bad ! Going back to windows in that future then

 

[thedocbwarren]

Or, get an Arm Mac.

Ok thanks, too bad ! Going back to windows in that future then

 

[ironwood]

I'd say some people underestimate Apple. Steve Jobs had said it, there are times when you have to move from not just your past, but shared past. You have to have the vision to see where tremendous talent can take you. Chip development is a rising tide for all levels of use. Apple silicon propels one of the world's leading companies and not the nearly bankrupt one SJ came back to. Apple wants to make computing that brings you in, not leaves you out. The move was made so as to not become stagnant, and I think we'll be glad for it.

 

[Shiitaki]

The Mac desktop is lacking real graphics cards, real cooling, upgradability, and desktop applications. I have to duel boot windows because gaming on Mac is nonexistent. With the move away from 32 bit I can't even play the Windows ports anymore.

This change is a solution to no one's problem.

I can't think of anyone who owns a MacBook who complains the battery doesn't last long enough, or that the laptop or desktop is too big. Know what they do complain about? Lack of games and real Microsoft Office.

 

[jaymonkey]

Ok thanks, too bad ! Going back to windows in that future then

@vincerutabaga,

No need to rush ...

Intel based Macs and X86 MacOS are going to be around for many more years.
Apple are just about to release a new Intel based iMac with more planned for the end of the year,
there are also rumours of a possibly refreshed Intel based iMacPro and MacPro for early 2021.

Apple have just released a new GPU for the MacPro and will also add anther when big Navi lands.

Those new machines will be supported for at least five to ten years.

Cheers
Jay