Re: [tlug] buying a iMAC

[Christian Horn <chorn@example.com>]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:08:59PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Christian Horn writes:
> 
>  > That architecture is not as standardized as Intel arch though,
> 
> I'd say it's exactly as standardized as Intel (100% proprietary, we'll
> do what we want and you WILL buy it and you WILL like it! ;-)
> 
> It's just not as familiar yet.

To my understanding, for example the things required to get a Linux
kernel booted are not as standardized.  
I took that away from Alexander Grafs video,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJAkJ3nmWgM .

But happy if things get standardized, makes it simpler.


> I did see a report that M1 emulates x86 faster than any Intel chip
> Apple has used, so maybe that's a route.  (Yes, I know that emulator
> was probably targeted at the benchmark, not at Linux -- 0.5 wink, as
> they say.)

There are impressive benchmarks, yes..

Chris