Big Sur

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Big Sur:

What model of Mac mini did you get?

Also, why reluctantly?

There seems to be just one model. I ordered it with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.

"Reluctantly" because I'd have liked more RAM and maybe a proper graphics card.

I hope I won't be disappointed by the 34" display I ordered. It has a lower resolution than the 5K display my iMac has.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Big Sur:

@klaus said in Big Sur:

The thing I'm most excited about is zsh.

Geek.

Today I found out about Oh My zsh and its Chuck Norris plugin. It is not clear to me how I could live without it until now.

[George K]

@klaus said in Big Sur:

I hope I won't be disappointed by the 34" display I ordered. It has a lower resolution than the 5K display my iMac has.

Ah, I was going to ask about what display you're using. I'm torn between getting the Mini and waiting for the iMac....

Let us know!

[Aqua Letifer]

The big thing for me this week was that Adobe released Apple silicon versions of their apps, which replaced the old Intel versions. Shit runs even faster now. Today I had Ae, Illustrator, Rush, and Photoshop open at the same time, no problem. (Remember, I just got the MacBook Air.)

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Big Sur:

Ah, I was going to ask about what display you're using

I've somewhat randomly ordered the LG 35WN75C-B. I want to try something curved.

[Axtremus]

@jon-nyc said in Big Sur:

@george-k said in Big Sur:

Also, why reluctantly?

Horace is rich enough as it is and Klaus resents subsidizing his luxurious lifestyle.

@Klaus will soon be further crushed by the realization that Haskell does not work on the Apple M1 silicon yet.

[Klaus]

@axtremus said in Big Sur:

@Klaus will soon be further crushed by the realization that Haskell does not work on the Apple M1 silicon yet.

Luckily I'm recently more fascinated by Agda, and I can compile its sources myself. That said, Agda is written in Haskell ...

[George K]

@klaus said in Big Sur:

There seems to be just one model. I ordered it with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.

Did you pick it up yet? If so, how is it?

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Big Sur:

@klaus said in Big Sur:

There seems to be just one model. I ordered it with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.

Did you pick it up yet? If so, how is it?

Next week, probably.

Of course I'm not so insane to pay for such superfluous toys with my own money, hence I have to go through some bureaucracy to get it...

[George K]

@klaus said in Big Sur:

I'm not so insane to pay for such superfluous toys with my own money

That was one of the big perks of our group practice. We had a "slush fund" that could be used for any "professional or educational" expense. So, that included meetings, and things we needed to do our jobs. I took advantage of that every year by getting a new desktop for myself every other year, and a new laptop the alternate years.

When I became an "independent contractor" for my group in 2015, I lost that benefit, of course.

Which is why my current computer is 2014 vintage.

[George K]

@klaus said in Big Sur:

Next week, probably.
Of course I'm not so insane to pay for such superfluous toys with my own money, hence I have to go through some bureaucracy to get it.

Annnnnd?

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Big Sur:

@klaus said in Big Sur:

Next week, probably.
Of course I'm not so insane to pay for such superfluous toys with my own money, hence I have to go through some bureaucracy to get it.

Annnnnd?

I have the package, but I haven't unwrapped it yet.

I've read about quite a few problems with the ARM processor related to Homebrew and a couple of programs I need. Rosetta does seem to be make things complicated, and things get messy when programs containing X86 and ARM code are mixed, or the same program exists in parallel for both.

Maybe I'll give it a try soon, but I hope that time will work in my favor.

[Axtremus]

Homebrew, since version 3.0.0, can supposedly run natively on the Apple M1 silicon. I thought I had installed it on my M1 MacBook Air but apparently I haven't.

I found this site helpful to check whether a software title Is Apple Silicon Ready:
https://isapplesiliconready.com

Have fun with your new M1 Mac!

Using various web applications that rely quite heavily on Java scripts, I have found that my M1 MacBook Air often gives noticeable speed boosts over my Intel Core i5 MacBook Air.

[mark]

@george-k said in Big Sur:

ETA: Be sure you back up your stuff before this update, as it's a MAJOR one. Back up to the cloud, an external drive, clone your boot drive.
And then, back up again.

lol.

I just let it fly. If it bricked the machine, so be it.

It did not brick my MacBook Pro. I am now running Big Sur. I think I was at least one or two major releases behind until last night.

[Axtremus]

@mark said in Big Sur:

I think I was at least one or two major releases behind until last night.

I still have an old Mac running Snow Leopard, and it's good for many things. There, I have Adobe's Creative Suite 6 with a perpetual license, unlike the new Adobe Creative Cloud stuff where I have to pay recurring subscription fees if I want to keep using the new stuff. It also has an old school PDF implementation that can deal with some PDF things that Apple's newer PDF implementation cannot deal with.

[mark]

@axtremus I no longer worry what Apple products can or cannot do. The MacBook Pro from Mid 2015 will be the last Apple product I will ever own.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Big Sur:

@klaus said in Big Sur:

Next week, probably.
Of course I'm not so insane to pay for such superfluous toys with my own money, hence I have to go through some bureaucracy to get it.

Annnnnd?

Finally.

I was positively surprised how well the migration worked, even across CPU architectures. This is one thing where Mac OS is lightyears ahead of Windows.

[Klaus]

... and the problems with the M1 chip have already started. Grr. Maybe I'll put it back in the box for a few months.

[George K]

@klaus what problems?

Rumor is that Apple might introduce new iMacs tomorrow....perhaps I should wait.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Big Sur:

@klaus what problems?

Installation failures related to M1; having to use Intel/M1 versions of things side-by-side etc.

Mostly programming-related stuff; I assume for standard software this is not an issue.