So I do believe that 'full metal' is a future. instead this turned into an extortion ring where Apple is saying in the news they are planning to build their own facility because samsung is favoring androids (putting the best screens lower price in competitors devices: extortion / hostile take-over attempts) This is equivalent to saying: apple relied on (korea / samsung) to factory supply 'LED' panels. Their competitors will find a way to extort them with it

Why is because as soon as apple 'depends' onĬPU Overhead and Indirect Command Buffers Apple should support HAL and hand to hardware if the feature is detected. As soon as you buy the hardware, developers immediately code for features not in that hardware and the hardware is useless and needs emulation: they make features specifically to exclude certain makers infact.Īpple appears to be counting on manufacturers 'supporting all metal'. I have an old PCI OpenGL 'all in silicon' card (no drivers required: it's literally all in silicon). Also that makes (games, cad, etc) hard to port to apple (no directx equivalent). But on a budget, what upgrade will protect me from 'forced upgrade' pretty well?Īpple isn't using a directx equivalent HAL (hardware emulation layer). Is this a requirement for full metal something that may dissapear in the final Mojave? Or no, time to upgrade? I know the newest and best is the safest upgrade. But my QUESTION is: what do I get? How do I know if Mojave will not be replaced in a year and make my next purchase also 'not such a great choice' ?

I hadn't even considered nVidia 256 Megabyte OpenGL DirectX 10.1 as being a 'slacker' for a desktop 🙂 (the nVidia 320M is missing some features many 3D apps use, not previously a 'desktop' issue)Īpple isn't the only company to 'drop support of old graphics cards'. (mac mini 2012+ has full metal graphics). I see Mojave supports only 'full metal graphics' and I have to upgrade to a new unit already (which i'm not ready for, but if i want continued support, i gotta). Only a year ago I got a mac mini mid 2010 because Apple said it'd run Sierra. MacOS Mojave Release Date, Features & System Requirements.

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