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Mantle was more of a proof of concept, that low-level APIs would unlock performance. I'm not sure they ever thought it would be commercially viable. In fact, AMD donated Mantle to Khronos, and it became the foundation of what would later become...

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They would but mom's friendly robot company owns those patents. :(

why not just go for an implanted retina display that sends ads to your brain 24/7 to get the discounts the advertisers will offer you for having the implant installed? That way you can buy all the items you will never have a use for? You can...

Glad I don't own any of that shit. But....

I liked it better when this was just a meme, not virtual reality. :borg:

The tax paying people that live in unserved areas. The expectation that they pay for infrastructure they cannot use. Its the same concept as systemic racism, except you are expected to pay for the privilege.

That control you seek is gone, and only exists in Linux.

Apple switched to x86 in 2006 so we aren't talking about 19 years, we're talking about 4 years later. Each additional year that goes by that PowerBook G4 got slower and less compatible with software. How long you think the same will happen with...

There are lots of thinks like MoltenVK that translate from Vulkan to Metal with very little overhead. Most of the titles that use it have only a 1 or 2 % difference in FPS when running on a similarly spec’d Intel based Mac. But Metal is very well...

Assuming that's correct, that isn't enough reason to go out and buy a Mac in 2002. Chances are you had Internet Explorer on Mac as well because most websites back then needed IE to work correctly because websites sucked back then. So if you...

Well it depends what industry. Some places I've worked they basically standardized on Mac (since artists and designers tend to like them) and then me as a programmer got stuck using an iMac. It was fine, I can use whatever OS no problem, and...

I guarantee that won't happen. The average age of a small-business desktop PC is probably over 10 years old at this point. Tons of people still milking 15 year old Core2-era PCs, some even older. The whole idea of buying an Apple PC where you...

This made me feel dirty

Netscape Navigator Gold! ;-)

Yeah, the Vulkan thing really upsets me. It's a great API, with broad industry support, and Apple refuses to implement it. It's the Apple way or the highway. You want to code 3D graphics, you need to use their graphics API, their programming...

Wasn't it reported that the wealthy don't pay taxes? So exactly which half we talking about here?