Ronald Maas (ronaldjmaas.delete@this.gmail.com) on June 22, 2020 10:36 pm wrote:
> nobody in particular (nobody.delete@this.nowhe.re) on June 22, 2020 11:53 am wrote:
> > Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org) on June 22, 2020 11:26 am wrote:
> > > It's real!!!!
> >
> > -Two year transition timeline
> > -First systems by the end of the year
> > -Support for Apple pro apps on day one
> > -Microsoft and Adobe are onboard for native app support at launch
> > -Virtualization kit for running Linux guests - it showed them running under Parallels,
> > which I found interesting; was this x86 Parallels or ARM parallels?
> >
> > Everything shown off looked really, really solid. Combined with
> > Fugaku's #1 this morning, this has been a good day for ARM.
>
> I am surprised about 2 things:
> 1) Apple's intention to replace the whole Mac line up. Especially the Mac Pro is a very
> capable machine. That will without doubt be a big challenge to match or even exceed.
> 2) They will release first ARM based Macs this year instead of next
> year. I expected first ARM based Macs to be released in 2021.
>
> Ronald

I've posted the wikipedia PPC->Intel transition page here like 10 times. I've explained many more times than that how this transition will follow that exact same script. And yet people refuse to listen up till the minute that the announcements occur.

Make of that what you will.