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It looks as though a deal may be close. Remains to be seen if anti competition laws prevent the actual sale:
Yes, exactly, Apple are moving to ARM, and their relationship with nVidia is dire as in they won't even communicate with them, so that would be interesting.At this level my guess is that there's a way around any such laws. There isn't really a lot that gets in the way of a $40 billion transaction.
Interesting move though, especially when you consider the influence that it will bring them if it goes through. There can't be a lot of major manufacturers that don't use ARM now, at least in mobile solutions. Are Apple not moving away from Intel too? They will likely need a couple of licenses I imagine.
I wonder what this would bring to mobile gaming
Agreed, although would probably add . . . with an AK47 and a large bucket of hand grenades.IMO anything that challenges Apple is a good thing.
The only area in audio they still remain relevant is with Logic ProX which most DJs use, but because of the poor reliability of Mac hardware over the past 7 years or so, and the fact they’ve moved away from actual “pro” hardware specs to appeal to “elitist” consumers, even that market has massively dwindled.I always find it funny that Apple are seen as elitist. That's purely down to marketing and pricing as the restrictions in place with most of the Apple software means that elitists don't actually use it as it's so restrictive. Literally the only thing I ever found Apple beneficial for was video editing as their software was slick. I believe they are also excellent for audio work but I've never really dipped my toe in that section personally, not since the days of OctaMED Pro on the Amiga haha.
I still need to investigate ardour, what distro would you suggest to trial it?Apple was better for Audio for a while but as soon as the low latency Linux distros were about that was it. Ardour, which is cross platform, is one of the best DAWs out there
Thanks, will check it out.This used to be very good and you have the choice of what software to install with the distro so no need to download a ton of unwanted stuff: https://ubuntustudio.org/
KXStudio used to be very good but is now dormant and not sure what is happening with it.
Yes, exactly, Apple are moving to ARM, and their relationship with nVidia is dire as in they won't even communicate with them, so that would be interesting.
Apple are moving to "Apple Silicon" which is ARM based, they're expecting to have new devices out by the end of this year, perhaps a MacBook and maybe even the 13" MacBook Pro.
Then as you say, consider all the mobile devices, Qualcom SnapDragons are ARM chips and in 90% of Android handsets of varying quality levels, then the rest of them are served by MedaTek APU's which are again all ARM based.
Even the newest most powerful Fujitsu supercomputer, Fugaku, is ARM based:
ARM-based Japanese supercomputer is now the fastest in the world
Fugaku is being used in COVID-19 researchwww.theverge.com
This would really corner the market for nVidia, likely surpass Intel in market impregnation.
Just installing now, so far it’s a breeze, very convenient! Linux really has come extremely far in the last 5 years, really good to see.This used to be very good and you have the choice of what software to install with the distro so no need to download a ton of unwanted stuff: https://ubuntustudio.org/
KXStudio used to be very good but is now dormant and not sure what is happening with it.
I have never gotten my head around why people rave about Crapple. Always found their stuff overpriced and restrictive, owned an ipod purely because a previous car had the Apple doodah in the glove box as a factory option (BMW for you), instead of a CD player/multi disc thingy.IMO anything that challenges Apple is a good thing.
I have never gotten my head around why people rave about Crapple. Always found their stuff overpriced and restrictive, owned an ipod purely because a previous car had the Apple doodah in the glove box as a factory option (BMW for you), instead of a CD player/multi disc thingy.
They are obviously doing something right, power of the fanboys and girls I guess! Selling new products that look the same as the previous model, dont seem to do anything new but the (insert expletive of choice) idiots hand over hundreds/thousands of pounds for the privilege. Guess in hindsight i should've got Apple shares all those years ago!
Apple of old, I would agree, but not since Jobs died. Apple silicon will be the make or break of them going forward, they NEED to reduce cost or seriously up performance because the current offerings under Intel are just miles behind anything you can get on PC with AMD and Nvidia graphics, there’s just no comparison.They may have semi repetitive product lines, however there is no knocking Apples innovation through the years.
Apple of old, I would agree, but not since Jobs died. Apple silicon will be the make or break of them going forward, they NEED to reduce cost or seriously up performance because the current offerings under Intel are just miles behind anything you can get on PC with AMD and Nvidia graphics, there’s just no comparison.
I say this as a huge fan of Apple, I’ve got an old 2010 MacBook Pro which I still use for audio, I’ve got an iPhone and an iPad and love them.
But I never just concentrate on one manufacturer or ecosystem, I have no problem swapping over and have apps libraries on each platform be it android, OSX, MacOS or windows.
In the phone and tablet realm, keep an eye out on Microsoft Surface, the surface Duo and Neo are looking like extremely promising business devices.
OMG, do you have any idea when you're getting the units? Guess it won't be until next year? I'm going to get a Duo, I have no doubt it will be buggy for a while, this is really a beta device to test the market, but I can see it's application being extremely useful. The Neo as well I'm very excited about.i think we are down to trial it, app support and security will also be very important if it wants to become a business device.
OMG, do you have any idea when you're getting the units? Guess it won't be until next year? I'm going to get a Duo, I have no doubt it will be buggy for a while, this is really a beta device to test the market, but I can see it's application being extremely useful. The Neo as well I'm very excited about.
I also thought I would add something to my previous Apple statement about lack of innovation.... I think it's been their intention NOT to innovate in the PC space.... personally I think it's largely down to Intel holding them back in that segment, they've likely not been able to innovate perhaps in the methods they have with IOS devices (which have moved on quite significantly).
I'm very optimistic about Apple Silicon, I think they have the scope to do something special there. There's no doubt the mobile chips they've designed are quite superb, I think it's safe to say they're leaps ahead of Qualcom and MediaTek, especially in the graphics department.