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    iPad Pro Holup! A12Z Bionic running Big Sur, native apps support on a desktop and running Tomb Raider??

    So I was watching the keynote yersterday, but correct me if I am wrong, did they just popped in an A12Z bionic SOC onto a desktop environment running Big Sur, showing all the native apps running off the A12Z and playing Tomb Raider with it? I mean, I have always known that the SoC on the iPad...
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    MacOS BS Conspiracy

    Apple is going to drive the transition to ARM by introducing flashing, new hardware that will entice uniformed, casual users who don't understand what the change means. Their frustration will lead to a slew of angry posts; and instead of Apple, they will be directed at those companies who...
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    2013 11" MBA. Should I buy the 2020 MBA or wait for the first ARM chips?

    I am currently using a 2013 11" MacBook Air. I was hoping to get a new computer before the fall. Should I get the 2020 MacBook Air and risk the chances of it becoming obsolete in a few years or wait until the first Macs with ARM chips come out? I don't want a desktop so it looks like it would...
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    What GPU will work for the new ARM CPUs?

    So far we've seen spectacular performances by the GPUs on iPads and iPhones. Those few graphic cores integrated on Apple APUs work great and reach easily 120 fps in games with Metal on pretty decent resolutions (the iPad), albeit dealing with a "stripped down" version of a PC game. However...
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    iPad Pro iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard makes me question ARM MacBooks

    So now that the iPad Pro can be paired with a full featured Magic Keyboard case, and even cheaper iPads also have 'laptop-like' keyboard with trackpad cases, I must question the actual purpose of ARM-based MacBooks, which seem like coming sooner rather than later. Of course we won't know until...