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Apple is moving from Intel to ARM. What's the best thing they can do for developers?

Survey period: 6 Jul 2020 to 13 Jul 2020

OptionVotes% 
Provide an emulation later so my apps will work on the new hardware5115.36
Keep both platforms available so there's no rush to port my app278.13
Give us developers lots of lead time and help before the change comes257.53
Provide tools that port my code automatically9628.92
Survival of the fittest: Make the change quickly and make it a race144.22
They should not be making a platform change like this329.64
Doesn't fuss me. I'll go along with whatever works best for the platform8726.20



 
GeneralNeeds more options Pin
honey the codewitch7-Jul-20 7:10
mvahoney the codewitch7-Jul-20 7:10 
GeneralRe: Needs more options Pin
Matt McGuire9-Jul-20 4:57
professionalMatt McGuire9-Jul-20 4:57 
GeneralRe: Needs more options Pin
honey the codewitch9-Jul-20 6:17
mvahoney the codewitch9-Jul-20 6:17 
Generaldeja vu all over again Pin
Bruce Patin7-Jul-20 3:25
Bruce Patin7-Jul-20 3:25 
GeneralRe: deja vu all over again Pin
Martin ISDN7-Jul-20 5:47
Martin ISDN7-Jul-20 5:47 
GeneralRe: deja vu all over again Pin
Bruce Patin7-Jul-20 5:59
Bruce Patin7-Jul-20 5:59 
GeneralRe: deja vu all over again Pin
Ron Anders7-Jul-20 14:55
Ron Anders7-Jul-20 14:55 
GeneralRe: deja vu all over again Pin
GregoryW8-Jul-20 0:13
GregoryW8-Jul-20 0:13 
GeneralRe: deja vu all over again Pin
Matt McGuire9-Jul-20 5:03
professionalMatt McGuire9-Jul-20 5:03 
Generalre-do the survey ... Pin
BryanFazekas7-Jul-20 0:43
BryanFazekas7-Jul-20 0:43 
GeneralRe: re-do the survey ... Pin
Johnny J.8-Jul-20 0:21
professionalJohnny J.8-Jul-20 0:21 
GeneralRe: re-do the survey ... Pin
wmjordan8-Jul-20 14:50
professionalwmjordan8-Jul-20 14:50 
GeneralRe: re-do the survey ... Pin
Matt McGuire9-Jul-20 5:07
professionalMatt McGuire9-Jul-20 5:07 
GeneralI thought they doing half of this already? Pin
maze36-Jul-20 22:38
professionalmaze36-Jul-20 22:38 
I listened to the keynotes via TWIT podcast, and they said they doing half of these things already.
Emulation, porting tools, lead time. Intel mac support is like 4-5 years as they just released a new model.
Its one of the few companies that when they make announcements its with "and its available today" (except they been slipping on that for the last few years)

In terms of emulation, there is a great hidden story at Microsoft making an android (or might have been ios) emulation for the windows phone platform. But was so effective that it would mean that no one would be bothered to tweak/make for windows phone that the project was buried.

x86 is slowly kicking and screaming out the door. Unreal Engine (Fortnite) runs everywhere, so the bastion that is PC gaming I think is the main last thing holding up x86. Legacy apps can easily run in emulation and not look like its emulated.

GeneralIt's not the first time Pin
Member 112647066-Jul-20 20:21
Member 112647066-Jul-20 20:21 
GeneralRe: It's not the first time Pin
KarstenK7-Jul-20 7:12
mveKarstenK7-Jul-20 7:12 
GeneralRe: It's not the first time Pin
Matt McGuire9-Jul-20 5:11
professionalMatt McGuire9-Jul-20 5:11 
GeneralPorting tool? We don't need no steenking porting tool! Pin
Daniel Pfeffer6-Jul-20 17:21
professionalDaniel Pfeffer6-Jul-20 17:21 
GeneralEither way, this will be fun to watch. Pin
Ron Anders6-Jul-20 7:42
Ron Anders6-Jul-20 7:42 
GeneralMissing Choice Pin
Member 86669176-Jul-20 5:38
professionalMember 86669176-Jul-20 5:38 
GeneralWho cares? Pin
den2k886-Jul-20 5:12
professionalden2k886-Jul-20 5:12 
GeneralHelp companies figure out a solution to no longer having a universal laptop solution Pin
Dan Neely6-Jul-20 2:34
Dan Neely6-Jul-20 2:34 
GeneralRe: Help companies figure out a solution to no longer having a universal laptop solution Pin
obermd6-Jul-20 3:21
obermd6-Jul-20 3:21 
GeneralRe: Help companies figure out a solution to no longer having a universal laptop solution Pin
Dan Neely6-Jul-20 3:33
Dan Neely6-Jul-20 3:33 
GeneralUsually Pin
CPallini6-Jul-20 2:13
mveCPallini6-Jul-20 2:13 

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