Ansgar to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoHow long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hintsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down11
arrow-up195arrow-down1external-linkHow long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hintsarstechnica.comAnsgar to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-square@signofzeta@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThey also dragged their feet switching from PPC to Intel. Something tells me Adobe isn’t using Xcode, where you just flip a switch.
minus-square@vrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agostuff that’s supposed to be fast might have lots of little bits and pieces here and there written in assembly, for performance. Replacing all that for a new architecture (while ensuring you get the exact same result) takes quite a bit of work
minus-square@acosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agostill we’re going on 3 years now.
They also dragged their feet switching from PPC to Intel. Something tells me Adobe isn’t using Xcode, where you just flip a switch.
stuff that’s supposed to be fast might have lots of little bits and pieces here and there written in assembly, for performance. Replacing all that for a new architecture (while ensuring you get the exact same result) takes quite a bit of work
still we’re going on 3 years now.