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I mean real gaming. Games like Cyberpunk, borderlands, fall cry 6, final fantasy XIV, world of Warcraft, minecraft… Not these arcade “games”. It’s great their chips are faster and reduced power usage but compatibility matters. No nvidia discrete graphics card option is a mistake. A lot of...

Came across an interesting Twitter thread about how security conscious Apple’s M1 is relative to Intel. The thread continues for awhile, has multiple sub threads, and is an interesting read overall. Simplified TLDR: basically while no system is perfect, security is much tighter in Apple’s...

In February of 2020, in the before times, I was going to buy an early Intel Mac after trying and failing to watch YouTube acceptability on my Mac mini G4. Then I discovered TenFiveTube. Later, I discovered PPCMC 6 Final, last updated on January 18th of 2020 and something changed when I saw...

Hi, I would like your opinion about getting a new Mac. I already have a 2014 15" MacBook Pro (Core i7, 16GB, 512GB SSD). I also have a 2017 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (8GB, Core i5, 512GB SSD). Battery of both Macs are still good and 15" MacBook is still very responsive even with my...

Can they do it, or has too much ground been lost? Article from Wired...

For undergrad CS Student is MacBook Pro 13" M1 useful ? I think CS student may need Mac native terminal / bash shell for scripting. Now Window 10 also support bash shell and linux subsystem. Most 3rd party softwares comes with intel x86_64 / AMD distributions, for example common development...

I’m motivated to post a new thread here as a kind of bulletin board, to help each other find obscure add-ons for Mozilla-based browsers which preceded the Quantum era of Firefox (i.e., pre-Firefox 57). Such browsers might include InterwebPPC, Interweb, IceWeasel-PPC, TenFourFox, SpiderWeb...

On my Mac, the "Others" section takes up 41.41 Gigabytes! Does anyone have some tips to remove some of these without damaging my Mac? Thanks!

I have a 2018 i3 Mac Mini and an M1 MAcBook Pro. I was thinking of selling the MBP, then reconsidered during WWDC. What are the features and functionalities that will only be available to macOS on the M1 processor? So far I could only find certain maps features. Any help appreciated, thanks :)

It's old news that Apples earned a lot (A LOT) of new users when they made the transition from PowerPC to Intel, because the possibility of running Windows on Apple hardware, either via BootCamp or virtualization. All those customers face now the situation where Apple may decide to stop...

Hi everyone, is there any solution for this problem? I want to install some plugin/app on my M1 Mac but its working only on Intel CPU Macs. I already have Rosetta but its not working. Probably because its not application but a .pkg installation file. Is there any chance to run this on M1 Mac?

Hello, I’m running a Late 08 Macbook (Polycarbonate) with Snow Leopard on it. I’ve tried so many browsers and I can’t find one with discord working perfectly, Chrome hogs RAM and doesn’t load server icons, and all mozilla based browsers are stupidly slow. I downgraded from Lion which I used...

First time poster and I apologize if this has been answered. With Apple moving all Mac devices to ARM architecture, does anyone understand or have a sense of what the future may hold for Intel-based Mac software? I am an architect and use a variety of software suites (Autodesk, Adobe, Trimble...

 The Early Intel Macs SuperWikiPost a WikiPost finding aid First assembled: April 2021 Latest update: 18 September 2023 PURPOSE Over the years, WikiPosts have aggregated an incredible brain trust of MacRumors Early Intel Macs forum members who have shared everything they know for keeping...

I'm happy to read other threads on this topic but I couldn't find one that's just a quick overview on the aspects where the Intel Macs are still better than the Apple Silicon models. Off the topic of my head quickly, it's the following: Multiple (external) monitors Support for booting into...

Hey everybody, just looking for a little advice. I have a refurbished 2020 16" MBP with an i9, 32GB Ram, etc. and I keep running into overheating issues with it even under seemingly light workloads. My first refurb had an issue with the WiFi (it couldn't obtain an IP address no matter what)...

I am using a M1 Mac mini 16GB/256GB with Sabrent Rocket XTRM 1TB external SSD as my main drive and copied my second working user to this drive. Everything works fine currently with all essential apps and system files writing to the main SSD. (Macintosh HD) However, when I use iStat menu...

What’s the max WiFi speed you have gotten with any of the new iPads? they have the Intel modem which is notorious for being trash. I have 450 mbps internet, my Mac mini, iPhone 12 Pro, Apple TV 4th gen all achieve this max speed. My iPad Air 4 can only reach 270 mbps max. My previous iPhone XS...

I know Adobe is making Photoshop, etc. compatible with Apple Silicon in early 2021, but are there any issues so far with Adobe on Intel Macs running Big Sur? I have an Early 2015 13" MBP (3.1 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7) and was thinking of upgrading to Big Sur, but I need Photoshop, Lightroom...

Just looking to put some numbers as to what people are going to choose now - not a year out. Feel free to leave comments