Ansgar@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squaresignofzeta@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.