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That's disappointing. Dual 4k isn't that uncommon. Sounds like their chip isn't quite as powerful as they're leading on?
You run two 4k screens and the laptop screen itself from an existing 13" laptop?
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16GB RAM max prevented me from an immediate purchase. Next year, when I can at least have 32GB and be somewhat future-proofed. That they are still selling new computers for $1000+ in 2020 with 8GB RAM as the default and 16GB of RAM max is a bad joke.
My T460 has had 32GB in it for years now... can't even imagine going back to 16GB with all this electron bullcrap
Is the macpro worth the cost? I want to keep 300+ browser tabs opens, 6+ chrome user sessions, and many other programs running. My PC usually gets sluggish after a day of this. I don't do graphics design or gaming, but rather need to keep a lot of tabs and sessions open on chrome and to a lesser extent on Firefox.
I backed a game a while ago on Kickstarter with native support for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Several weeks ago they sent us a message saying they were ditching the MacOS version due the architecture change. I wonder how it'll affect the whole ecosystem. I think it'll end being like an iOS on steroids.
How hard would it be to release an ARM version? Also out of curiosity, what game was it?
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No Bootcamp for Apple Silicon Macs, you can't install any other Operating System on it. But you can run arm linux in a virtual machine.
So, a locked bootloader with someone else's public key as the only one trusted? Can you even call that a computer?
Looks like the Mac mini no longer has the ability to have a 10GBe Ethernet port. So, we could get 64GB of RAM and 10GBe in the last generation, and now this.
They still sell Intel version, it's not gone. Also I think that there will be USB dongles for 10GBe Ethernet which is not as convenient, for sure, but bearable. And RAM limit is unfortunate indeed. I wouldn't buy 8GB RAM in 2020 at all and 16GB is barely enough, so this device won't last long given the lack of upgradability. Probably better RAM options will come next year.
I'm going to get two Mac minis to look at, and then wait to replace my current machine when 32 or 64 GB ARM machines are available.
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Last time I tried that the network file serving was a bottleneck. But I guess there comes a point where you have to choose your bottleneck.
VSC is the real workhorse here. It’s way beyond something like an SSHFS mount. The server actually runs an instance of VSC. It’s really quite good and I don’t even notice I’m editing on another machine. Would recommend trying it.
All the more disappointing that Jetbrains won't support a language server beyond Intellij.
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IIRC at WWC Apple said it would still be possible to boot unsigned OS, but it would show some kind of warning.
This is the best news I’ve heard all day, thank you! I’m totally fine with a chromebook-style unsigned boot warning.
Have they said anything about hyperkit on the new platform? And being able to run stuff like Docker for Mac? I've seen lots said about the lack of Bootcamp support but I've actually never even used Bootcamp, Linux VMS are much more relevant for me and I imagine many other developers.
During WWDC, they explicitly said that Apple Silicon will support virtualization and Docker. Rosetta doesn't work for virtualization though, so you have to run an ARM version of Linux. They don't support booting directly to a non-Mac OS, AFAIK. Rumor has it that they'll eventually support virtualized Windows, but it's currently impossible for an end-user to buy a copy of ARM Windows.