OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

Post by Grazester » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 7:29 PM UTC

mayoff wrote: post #175

izacus wrote: post #161

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Metal is a proprietary 3D technology ported from iOS. Apple chose to do another closed tech instead of adopting Vulkan or fixing their slow OpenGL implementation. If you look at the numbers, you'll see that Metal is about 30% faster than OpenGL on OS X, which is interesting because OpenGL is about 30% slower on OS X than on Windows. Which means they're forcing developers to use their proprietary API to get comparable…

To be fair (regarding "closed tech"), Apple was hardly the only one to release a propriety Vulkan alternative (there's also Mantle and DX12) and Apple released Metal to developers almost two years before Vulkan 1.0 was released.

Post by pilif » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 7:30 PM UTC

izacus wrote: post #97

Seriously, did Apple fire their OSX / macOS team? Pretty much all new features are spinoffs of their iOS infrastructure (Siri, handover, etc.) and the main OS development and innovation seems to have stalled. Not even a feature like telling software that you're on a metered connection and it shouldn't run backups! Is there anyone at Apple still working on innovating / improving OS X? Like people that tried to bring i…

Post by heartbreak » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 7:31 PM UTC

izacus wrote: post #212

ejdyksen wrote: post #195

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They typically leave the keynote to high level features, or really big developer-focused features. However, you're in luck; looks like Apple is introducing a new file system: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/schedule/#/details/701

High-level features like 3x larger emojis in an app? O.o

Post by the_mitsuhiko » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 7:31 PM UTC

oblio wrote: post #111

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The GPLv3 has clauses in it that opens up a new load of legal questions for Apple that they'd rather avoid. I just wish that Apple would move to using less encumbered shell that is actively being developed, like pdksh or zsh.

If Microsoft is willing to ship GNU tools as a officially sanctioned extension to Windows , then Apple definitely has no valid excuse to avoid GPL v3.

Post by etrautmann » Mon, Jun 13, 2016, 7:32 PM UTC

leogiertz wrote: post #196

hackaflocka wrote: post #167

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My relatives in /another country/ are on metered connections for everything (home internet, mobile, etc.). It's not a smart assumption for Apple to make.

I disagree, it's a very valid assumption to make given that mobile data quotas are increasing and metered broadband connections are most likely going to be a thing of the past. Edit: Also, Apples targets the premium segment of the market. Who are less likely to have such limitations.