With Big Sur on the horizon and Apple Silicon coming at the end of the year, I’m quite excited about the long term plans Apple are laying down. Am I in the minority with this, or do you guys welcome the big changes coming to the Apple Platform?
@rimram, it is a bit of a funny name but then I can see the message behind it!
Yes, I’m stoked about it because we are going to get some pretty well specked out iMacs down the funnel. More so I can see the merging (not all together, but consistent core functions) of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS so that will make things interesting with Sparkle - we could be seeing an iPadOS version… well at least for editing maybe!
Its funny because this was the dream of Microsoft, but then they are more of a jackal and hyde when it comes to their promises! I can see Apple perfecting it!
I can also see Apple being able to implement the swipe from screen device to screen device like in Avatar as their three OS’s get integrated/intermeshed as time goes on… can’t wait!
@FlaminFig Yes excited, but it’s a little more complicated for us audio guys because Apple Silicon doesn’t support any Thunderbolt, and that’s important for us who do audio recording / realtime recording because Thunderbolt can give us less than 1 msec latency at 16 /32 samples 96K buffer rate. It will be interesting how Apple deals with this issue. Also Thunderbolt is an Apple / Intel product, so I’m wondering if a) Apple can support PCI and Thunderbolt eventually, b) Apple bring yet another protocol / hardware interface into existence etc.
@rimram, I hear you, but I’m sure Apple will do their homework to nut all those issues out before the time. I’m sure it will be a while though, but from what I remember from the keynote they have been testing this new chipset since 2018.
I’m also exciting because with such a massive internal shift we will see likewise in a new looking iMac!
I think it is the right time for Apple to do this. I can’t wait to see what amazing results they will be able to achieve with their silicon. Exciting times!
I think the pro end Macs may come later at the end of the 2 year transition, like the iMac Pro and Mac Pro. it gives me time to save!!
Yes definitely exciting times … so much new stuff coming: Big Sur, Apple silicon, Sparkle 3.
I remember the last Apple transition 15 years ago from PPC to Intel, that was also an “emotional” one for some people … Intel was the enemy back then, at least for some Apple fans.
I was planning to buy a new MacBook Pro 16 inch in the coming months … but now I guess I’ll wait a little longer, I haven’t decided yet, it depends if Apple really will ship their first Mac with Apple silicon by the end of the year and what model that will be …
The MacBook Pro 16 inch is still a great machine, of course, but it suddenly seems a bit “old” technology. Ah well, these are really first-world problems … and rather silly, I know.
I think it makes sense to wait if you are able too. The problem is it might just be a MacBook Air siliconed first. I spent 13k on my iMac Pro so I want to make it last as long as possible! Yikes!!