Just for giggles (since I haven't done it for a couple years) I went and played
with the Apple and HP sites. The prices you can spec those machines out to is
amazing. The HP Z8 with 56 cores (2x processors at 28 cores each) with 1.5TB of
RAM is over $50,000.
Both Apple and HP support video cards in the $10,000+ range.
It must be neat to have that kind of money...
-Curt
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, 2:11:55 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Microsoft also has Windows for the ARM architecture (Surface Pro). Would
not be beyond belief if they get that ported to the Apple silicon.
Apple gives away their OS. They don't make any money on it, they make
money on hardware and the app store. So IMO they don't really care if
people want to run something else. They aren't going to go out of their
way to support it maybe, but I doubt they'll stop it. If it sells a few
percent more machines it's a win for them.
Efforts are underway to port Linux and other OSes to the new Macs, which
reportedly blow Intel out of the water on performance and power use.
Allan
Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
>> The inability to emulate Windows is a total showstopper.
>
> How would an ARM-based Mac be any less capable than a 68K or
> PowerPC-based Mac? Windows was available for those via emulation,
> after suitable product development delays. You think VMware is going
> to abandon that market segment in a fit of pique?
>
> -- Jim
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