Introducing the next generation of Mac • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by mynegation » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

JKCalhoun wrote: post #7

I missed something — will older apps still work or must all your apps be new versions, recompiled for M1?

They mentioned Rosetta 2 - emulation layer for Intel-only apps.

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by metahost » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

JKCalhoun wrote: post #7

I missed something — will older apps still work or must all your apps be new versions, recompiled for M1?

Older apps are _supposed to_ work as is (with Rosetta).

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by struct » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

It's interesting that all the chips are branded as the M1 - I wonder if there are any clock, memory or cache differences between the devices?

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

JKCalhoun wrote: post #7

I missed something — will older apps still work or must all your apps be new versions, recompiled for M1?

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Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by andy_ppp » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

JKCalhoun wrote: post #7

I missed something — will older apps still work or must all your apps be new versions, recompiled for M1?

They have Rosetta 2 (translates Intel apps to Arm) and said the integrated graphics are so much faster than Intel's you can expect faster performance in games than before.

I am quite skeptical of this but let's see.

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by wirthjason » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

Only up to 16gb of memory on the M1 MacBook Pro?!?! The intel one is configurable to 32gb. Choosing between memory and CPU. So torn, so disappointed.

P.S. I’m a developer, like many here.

(Edit: specify the M1, not the existing Intel.)

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by kzrdude » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:51 PM UTC

Is this the first time they call their laptops "notebooks"?

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by EduardoBautista » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:52 PM UTC

Up to 20 hours of battery life on the MacBook Pro. If anything, I believe the increased battery life will be what most people will notice.

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by ryanferg » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:52 PM UTC

struct wrote: post #13

It's interesting that all the chips are branded as the M1 - I wonder if there are any clock, memory or cache differences between the devices?

I'd imagine thermal throttling will be responsible for actual performance differences across devices (but this is just a guess)

Re: Introducing the next generation of Mac

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Post by lprd » Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 6:52 PM UTC

Very interested to see some actual benchmarks...