La decisión de Apple de optimizar todas sus aplicaciones para las nuevas Mac que ejecutan M1 debería alentar a otros desarrolladores, incluidos los desarrolladores empresariales, a priorizar una optimización similar para sus propias aplicaciones, a medida que se desbloquea. ganancias de rendimiento significativas para los usuarios.</p><h2>En el podio</h2><p>En esto, las propias aplicaciones de Apple se utilizan como modelos de puerta de enlace para mostrar cuán grandes pueden ser estas ganancias de rendimiento. Al dar este paso, los desarrolladores pueden realizar mejoras significativas en sus aplicaciones que probablemente deleitarán a los clientes; después de todo, a todos los usuarios les gusta que el software que utilizan sea más rápido, ¿verdad?
Take a look at some of the stats Apple released when it unveiled the new Macs yesterday:
- 3D titles render 6,6 times faster in Final Cut Pro.
- Building projects is 3.6 times faster in Xcode.
- Machine learning is 15 times faster.
- And Safari is twice as responsive.
What do these statistics say?
These stats do three things: They tell people how fast these new Macs are, they confirm that Macs on Apple's own processors are real computers, and they show how much the company's chip design benefits. they have become important. The company also shared several examples illustrating what happens when developers optimize their applications for the new chips, stating:
- You can export photos from Lightroom up to twice as fast on MacBook Air.
- You can play full quality 8K ProRes video in DaVinci Resolve without dropping a single frame on the MacBook Pro M1.
- You'll be able to increase image resolution in Pixelmator Pro up to 15 times faster on a Mac mini.
The conclusion is not difficult to understand. If you're a developer and want real user-centric gains in your app at what Apple promises to be relatively minimal development costs (i.e. time), you'll be delivering apps that are faster and therefore better for people to use. use users. It's a really compelling argument for developers. And as we know, when you win over the developers, you win over the customers too.
What does this mean for companies?
If you're a business, you're probably using or implementing one of three types of apps: customer apps, internal apps, and internal or third-party control and management apps. It's also likely that the apps you use have already been merged into iOS, as this platform is more widely deployed in enterprises than macOS (although that's changing). The existence of Mac Catalyst makes it much easier to deliver Mac-like experiences on Macs running the M1 chip with very little work. There is a compelling case for taking this step for your consumer applications and internally used software if your company supports employee choice programs.
Is this an opportunity?
Apple shared case studies where developers talked about their experience moving their apps to the M1 processor. As you'd expect at a launch event, the feedback was positive, but it was telling that someone the company spoke to told us the process took less than a day. For today's work, you get applications that are much faster than they currently do on computers known to run on the fastest processors in the world. This is the M1 chip. And the computers running this processor are Apple's main systems: 13-inch MacBook Air. MacBook Pro and Mac mini. And your professional machines? The high-end MacBook Pro, consumer iMac, and Mac Pro designed for business? What are Apple's plans for them?
The fastest personal computers in the world
Apple told us that the transition is expected to take "about two years." We currently expect the iMac to receive Apple Silicon next year. This means that by 2022 (or sooner) all Apple Macs will use these chips. Apple will continue to develop these processors, so it's reasonable to expect M2, M3, and even X versions of these processors. These will use TSMC's second-generation 5nm process next year and could migrate to 3nm as early as 2022. Apple does have a roadmap, after all. And it delivers what Anandtech says may already be the world's fastest mobile processors in the new Mac M1. Mac pros are going to get even faster, and we even have those faster computers being released every year.
a strong argument
When Apple's decision to move to Apple Silicon first surfaced, I said it would take a compelling case for developers and customers to justify the move. It's here:
- Unsurprisingly, Apple's new M1 Macs are the fastest personal computers on the market.
- Developers can transition their applications to take full advantage of the M1 in a short period of time.
- App users can expect developers to do this and should put pressure on those who don't.
- Companies will want to explore machine learning embedded in these machines.
- Apple's professional M-series Macs will offer even better performance gains.
- High-end app developers are expected to start tweaking their apps today to be ready for customers as these new business Macs ship next year.
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