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Title: 12-inch MacBook with 5 nm A14X before year's end, first iMac with Apple GPU in 2021
Post by: Redaktion on September 01, 2020, 13:01:30
The first Apple Mac to ship with an ARM-based chip will be a 12-inch MacBook. According to a new report, it will be powered by an Apple A14X Bionic chip and will deliver between 15-20 hours of battery life. It will be followed in 2021 by an iMac that could feature Apple's first discrete GPU.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/12-inch-MacBook-with-5-nm-A14X-before-year-s-end-first-iMac-with-Apple-GPU-in-2021.490990.0.html
Title: Re: 12-inch MacBook with 5 nm A14X before year's end, first iMac with Apple GPU in 2021
Post by: Greg on September 02, 2020, 00:22:02
IMHO, the biggest issue is the software availability. Like, Java and Python ports. Also, since the MAC/OS kernel is POSIX complient, hopefully the large number of apps written for Unix/Linux can be ported to MacOS/ARM by simply replacing the headers and recompiling. Wonder if there's information on that available anywhere.

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