Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

['Jason White' via MacVisionaries]

For anyone who is planning a purchasing decision, it’s worth noting that there are software features that won’t be available on Intel-based Mac systems, such as new text to speech support for certain languages, and on-device speech recognition for dictation. I would expect this list of features exclusive to the M1 and its successors to grow in subsequent operating system releases.   None of these features is specific to VoiceOver yet, but this may change over time. I know the question was about performance, but anyone who is seriously deciding what hardware to buy should consider features as well, including the likelihood that software development will shift increasingly toward Apple’s new hardware architecture.   On 10/24/21, 18:28, "'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: I don’t think there’s any meaningful difference, personally, certainly no more than would normally be expected for machines of similar benchmarks on either platform. So, for instance, my 2019 iMac is more powerful than my 2020 M1 Mac Mini, and it feels just the same. JMO.   I can’t wait to see Linux running on the M1 Mini. At last, a super-powered small-form-factor Linux server!   Cheers, Sabahattin   -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor.  You can reach mark at:  mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/2532CB84-4F48-4337-A3DE-16C8F250A20B%40me.com.   -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.   If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself.   Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com   The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/7EC86AC5-5432-3A4F-9610-8050979022DB%40hxcore.ol.