Discussion

• @mantia Louie Mantia, Jr on x

  why in the mac app store is there a human hand touching macos interface elements https://twitter.com/...

• @gruber John Gruber on x

  Ben's wrongheaded stance on touchscreen Macs is the gift that keeps on giving, if you worry that he and I agree on too many topics. https://twitter.com/...

• @stroughtonsmith Steve Troughton-Smith on x

  @gruber Whether it should support finger touch or not, the iMac should definitely have a design that supports Apple Pencil, like Microsoft's Surface Studio

• @neilcybart Neil Cybart on x

  Consensus in many tech circles was that Apple would never ever transition the Mac to its own silicon. Something to keep in mind when consensus solidifies around the next Mac-related topic.

• @arnoldkim Arnold Kim on x

  Been a long time since I've seen excitement around Mac benchmarks. The “waiting for PowerBook g5” days were long ago. Feels a bit like old times.

• @neilcybart Neil Cybart on x

  One of the more fascinating things with the Mac is how there is always that tension in the air between long-time users and Apple. It never goes away. You don't see a similar tension with any other Apple product category and corresponding user group.

• @stevesi Steven Sinofsky on x

  @benedictevans It should (will be) added but the utility for desktop apps will be nil. The real benefit to users and developers is for iPad and iPhone apps, many of which will never get tuned for mouse/keyboard which could be a lot of work for small number of users.

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  Have to believe at this point not putting touch on the Mac is influenced by not wanting to hurt iPad sales. Why would Apple make a hybrid when they can sell you both? https://twitter.com/...

• @choco_bit Fudge on x

  There's a lot of jumping to conclusions with those M1 benchmarks atm and it's kinda sad. Wait a week or 2 for proper real world based tests to come out and don't rely on worthless ones like geekbench

• @federighios Craig Federighi Parody on x

  Don't assume the MacBook Air will be silent just because it's fanless. Big Sur will play audio of spinning fans through the speakers during heavy workloads.

• @tapbot_paul Paul Haddad on x

  Before you run out and get the latest shiny just remember. 1. 16GB of RAM, you can live with it, but do you want to? 2. There will be software that won't work right away. 3. You'll have to use Big Sur version .0. 4. Apple almost has to release a M1X sometime early next year.

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  The ergonomics argument went out the window when they launched the Smart Keyboard for the iPad Pro 5 years ago. The macOS isn't optimized for touch argument somewhat went out the window with Big Sur. I think we're almost out of other reasons.

• @dcominottim @dcominottim on x

  I absolutely love the mindshare Apple's M1 & Arm are getting. The knowledgeable can scream all they want at the marketing, but if they were *wise*, they'd realize the effects prove Apple's marketing did a textbook move. And, thankfully, their narrative has obsoleted “MOAR CORES.”

• @jonmasters @jonmasters on x

  @stephentyrone First gen part puts entire industry to shame instantly. I would imagine Apple don't plan to stay still. It'll be like playing Mario Kart when the other player is a whole lap ahead and you're wondering if they're still there

• @ganeumann @ganeumann on x

  I don't understand people who want Apple to put touch screens on their laptops. I have a laptop with a touch screen and I've never used it on purpose, but touch it accidentally while typing all the time

• @_andrew_griffin Andrew Griffin on x

  Also: no touchscreens. https://twitter.com/...

• @_andrew_griffin Andrew Griffin on x

  Includes this moment of Craig Federighi admitting Apple didn't actually think the computers were going to be this fast: https://twitter.com/...

• @_andrew_griffin Andrew Griffin on x

  Don't call the ARM transition boring https://twitter.com/...

• @_andrew_griffin Andrew Griffin on x

  Apple just revealed perhaps the most important change to its Macs, ever. I spoke to some of its most important people about how and why: https://www.independent.co.uk/ ...

• @reneritchie Rene Ritchie on x

  Nobody remembers to disable/prevent/opt-out automatic uploads to Geekbench when testing new hardware. Nobody. 😂 https://twitter.com/...

• @benedictevans Benedict Evans on x

  The problem with the Surface Studio: how many pro apps that you run on a $5k PC are rewritten for touch? Photoshop? Autocad? You can add a bit, but do you rewrite the whole UI? And for one low-volume PC? So: if Apple does add touch to the Mac, how many apps get redesigned for it?

• @benedictevans Benedict Evans on x

  It seems quite possible Apple will add touch to the Mac. This is a religious debate as much as an analysis. But if the first Apple Silicon iMac has touch, how does that work? Maybe it has a hinge... like this? https://twitter.com/...

• @stroughtonsmith Steve Troughton-Smith on x

  The only reason anybody is complaining about the 16GB RAM limit in Apple's new low-end M1 machines is that all the high-end-Mac people want them so bad. When the higher-end machines ship, they'll be *even faster* & more powerful — you just gotta wait 😂