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Platforms State of the Union // Provides way more clarity. IMO after watching, one can see Big Sur is first step where a “Mac” is really iPadOS + Catalyst apps. Native AppKit, x86, kernel code, etc will quickly look/act old, likely obsoleted over time 1/2 developer.apple.com/videos/play/ww…
2/2 Until a Mac is only running Catalyst + full iPad apps (multiple windows, trackpad, etc) the full experience of macOS 11+Apple Silicon will be held back (performance, security, battery life, UX integration,…). Just as iPhone morphed OS X, iPadOS is morphing macOS to a new OS.
PS/ Swift remains an interesting choice to ponder. It is obviously maturing rapidly and nothing written with it will be obsolete at all. If an app is entirely new, it seems to be the preferred approach.
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Amidst all the details, installing pre-release, and commentary (including my own) I want to take a moment to reflect on #WWDC putting it in context of the past two decades. Quite simply, what we're seeing is some of the most remarkable product engineering over time in history. 1/ Wikipedia list of apple OS releases from 1984. Almost exactl
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3/ Having walked in similar shoes for many years, and importantly starting from when Mac was a hammer smashing through a screen, through the lowest lows (fine, we'll keep doing Office), resurrection, and reinvention, it's wild for me to consider what makes it so amazing to me.
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Debate/discussion/rants about app stores (or perhaps The App Store) have rapidly polarized to the point where it seems difficult to have a rational discussion. Even trying to discuss is viewed as a defense. A discussion without defending. The situations are similar, really. 1/
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1/ Newsflash: Apple going to bring ARM to chips to Mac. // What could this mean? Seems this must mean the best of all worlds. Is that how tech transitions happen? Thoughts, scars… tl;dr not so simple or obvious. Reminder: Think Different. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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