Bathi ukulungisa kuyinto ehlakaniphile, futhi yilokho u-Apple asanda kukwenza namuhla ngendaba yokubuyiselwa kwe- I-DTK Mac mini. Iqiniso ukuthi bekungalungile ukuthi inkampani ekuqaleni yayihlose ukwenzani ngendikimba ye-Apple Silicon Development Kit eyithumela kwabanye abathuthukisi ngonyaka odlule.
U-Apple kuleli sonto ucele ukubuyiswa kwamakhithi akwa-Mac mini Apple Silicon athunyelwe ehlobo eledlule, futhi ubekhokha u- $ 200 ngawo. Abathuthukisi abathintekile bakhononde futhi benesizathu esizwakalayo, ngoba bakhokhe ama-dollar angama-500 osukwini lwabo, futhi bakwazi ukusebenzisa kuphela izindlela zokulingisa izinyanga eziyisithupha. I-Apple isilungisile, futhi uzokhokha ngokugcwele kokukhokhelwe. Inkinga ixazululiwe.
Izinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule kubikiwe ngesinqumo esathathwa yi-Apple futhi kwamangaza wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi labo abathintekile. Abathuthukisi abathintekayo bakhononde, futhi inkampani isilungise isinqumo sayo.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwama-Mac M1s, i-Apple inikeze abanye abathuthukisi i- $ 500 Developer Transition Kit (DTK) ebandakanya iMac mini efakwe i-chip. I-A12Z IBionic isetshenziselwe okokuqala kwi-iPad Pro, i-16GB ye-RAM, i-512GB SSD, amachweba amabili we-USB-C, amachweba amabili we-USB-A, kanye ne-HDMI 2.0 port. ukuya kohlolwa nge-Mac ene-processor ye-ARM.
Lezi prototypes zidluliselwe yinkampani okwesikhashana unyaka owodwaFuthi ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, i-Apple imangaze wonke umuntu ngokubuza abathuthukisi ukuthi babuyise ama-Mac minis asevele esenana isaphulelo sika- $ 200 ekuthengeni i-Apple Silicon Mac entsha, manje esemthethweni.
Kusukela onjiniyela abathole i-DTK osukwini lwabo bachitha Amadola ka-500, abaningi babengeneme ngenani lomquba, owawuphelelwe yisikhathi ekupheleni kuka-May. Bakhala ngesibalo esingalingene sohlobo oluthile olungasebenzanga kahle nokuthi banezinyanga eziyisithupha kuphela.
U-Apple uqaphele, futhi ulungisile isinqumo sokuqala. Isikweletu sikhuphukile, futhi manje sizonikeza abathuthukisi ama- $ 500 abasebenzise ukuwasebenzisa kuMac M1 noma komunye umkhiqizo we-Apple. Lapho ngishilo khona ngithi, ngithi Diego.