Ask HN: Should I buy an Intel MacBook now, or wait for an ARM version?
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On point "a", Rosetta 2 will work perfectly if Rosetta 1 is any indication.
On point "b", the "first version" of the hardware was over 10 years ago.
On point "b", the "first version" of the hardware was over 10 years ago.
I would think the overlap between Rosetta 1 and Rosetta 2 is effectively zero, even when including engineers who worked on both as “overlap”. It’s 16 years ago, and Apple bought significant parts of the original Rosetta from a third party that now is part of IBM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTransit)
So, I wouldn’t use the quality of Rosetta 1 as an indicator for the quality of Rosetta 2.
So, I wouldn’t use the quality of Rosetta 1 as an indicator for the quality of Rosetta 2.
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If I buy the Intel Mac, will it get obsolete after a year w.r.t. software? As in, will new software stop working on Intel machines within 1-2 years?
If I wait for the ARM Mac, I see 2 risks:
(a) Most software won't work (well) for a while unless Rosetta 2 works magically well (I am not optimistic).
(b) The first version of the hardware will probably be bad.