In a development that oddly enough bodes well for Apple Macs, a Fujitsu machine has been named fastest in the world. The system, called Fugaku and installed at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Japan, features processors that are members of the Arm family that Apple will use in its Mac personal computers later …
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Apple gives Macs a brain transplant with new Arm chips starting this year
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is overhauling its Mac computers with its own Arm chips, close cousins to those it designs for its own iPhones and iPads. Moving away from the Intel processors it’s used for the last 14 years is a historic change that disrupts software …
Read More »Apple typo calls new MacOS Big Sur ‘Bug Sur’ instead
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. On the big debut of Apple’s new version of MacOS Big Sur, a slip of somebody’s finger led Apple to accidentally call its new operating system “Bug Sur” instead. The typo was in an email sent to people who’d signed up to test …
Read More »Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15: a dual
Asus‘ creative-oriented ZenBook Pro Duo wowed me back in September 2019 and I like the gaming version even more; the ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 pulls out almost all the stops for performance in a way the ZenBook doesn’t, plus tweaks the design in a few ways that make it a lot more usable and flexible. But you’ll have to pull …
Read More »Apple’s new Arm
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s upcoming Macs that use its own processors will immediately have a huge library of software: the millions of iPhone and iPad apps in the App Store. Apple on Monday, at its first digital Worldwide Developers Conference, said its new Macs will be …
Read More »Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud will support Mac Arm natively
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference that kicked off online on Monday, Apple announced Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud support for its first Arm chip and first Arm-based Macs, which it calls Apple silicon. The chips mark a move away from the …
Read More »Apple finally counts past 10 with MacOS Big Sur, aka MacOS 11
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. After 19 years stuck on the same major version number, Apple is finally unsticking MacOS. MacOS Big Sur, the first incarnation of its operating system to run on Apple’s upcoming Arm-based Macs as well as its older Intel-based lineage, will get the version …
Read More »Apple WWDC: Developers can order Arm
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s virtual Worldwide Developers Conference for 2020 started Monday, and while it was a given the online-only WWDC would bring updates to the company’s operating systems such as iOS 14, new hardware announcements are rare. This year, though, we got news about Apple’s …
Read More »How to watch Apple’s WWDC ‘State of the Union’ address
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. After detailing new updates coming to iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS and TVOS, not to mention announcing a switch from Intel processors to its own silicon, Apple’s virtual WWDC continues on Monday. Those looking to continue learning about Apple’s platforms have more virtual sessions …
Read More »Signs point to big Apple WWDC announcement beyond iOS 14, Watch OS 7, new MacOS
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. People often obsess over the designs of Apple‘s products: Their smooth glass screens, the aluminum and stainless steel edges, and the colorful designs. But one of Apple’s most attention-grabbing design changes may be on the inside rather than the outside. At WWDC on Monday, …
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