TL;DR: macOS Sonoma launching on September 26 brings desktop widgets, Game Mode for gaming performance, web apps in the Dock, new screen savers, Safari profiles, and more features to compatible Macs.
macOS has no games. Apple: “here’s gaming mode!”
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There is actually so much in Sonoma and tied to its release. Apple’s GPTK makes 90% of PC games playable. Sonoma also brings a slew of improvements to general rendering.
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Apple’s GPTK makes 90% of PC games playable.
Using GPTK through Whiskey enabled me to play the Portal games again, games I’ve been unable to play since Apple ditched all 32 bit support and Steam didn’t see the value in updating them. It’s wonderful.
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It does not and the feature is optional
The grouping is shit and in my opinion makes the list harder to parse. But it’s optional so no harm.
Hey Apple, how about you start putting proper GPUs in your computers first, before wasting time on this “Game Mode” nonsense. Software tricks are no replacement for silicon.
Their integrated graphics are apparently sufficient for a significant amount of games. I don’t think they’re going back to using third party gpus
Absolutely not. They’re not going to forfeit the massive battery life advantage from switching to ARM, nor do they want the heat from a dGPU cooking the batteries.
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I don’t think dGPUs are power efficient, even when downclocked. I’m pretty sure that’s why those laptops also have iGPUs that are utilized when full performance isn’t needed.
I’m not sure how M series graphics are for performance per watt though. I’d be interested in a comparison between graphics options on perf/watt.
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I have a 15" MacBook Air, which has the basic M2 chip. As of this weekend I’ve put just over 40 hours into No Man’s Sky, running it at full native resolution on Ultra. An older game now, sure, but it’s still pretty heavy.
My Mac has no fan, and still barely breaks a sweat. I’ve been blown away by what it can do.
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This shitty toxic attitude won’t lead to any good at all.
I hope Apple haters realise they sound just as annoying as die hard Apple fans.
Moreso even. They just come to your community to display their hatred, as if there’s nothing better to do.
How many Apple enthusiasts go to Linux communities and laugh at their OS unprompted?
Sure. Now get grandma to buy a Linux machine and deploy a distro. Or even any creatives that don’t want to bother with sudo everything. Each ecosystem fad their pros and cons.
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Admittedly, NixOS fixes this with a single config file that can rebuild your system in minutes, then the built-in backup tool can restore your files. So yes, absolutely. That being said, that’s limited to a few declarative distros
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I am not an apple fanboy but I’m still annoyed by your neckbeardry
