Notes and comments on WWDC 2020 keynote

Apple’s developer conference WWDC 2020 started on Monday June 22, and on the first day Apple always delivers a keynote showcasing the most important upcoming software updates and innovations. Occasionally some hardware is also unveiled, like the the third-generation Mac Pro at WWDC 2019, but the focus is definitely on software and developers.

The keynote is always a tight package, lasting two hours, with lots of rapid fire information delivered. Below you’ll find my summary of the keynote, but I’m also including my detailed notes and comments after the summary. For each product unveiling during the keynote, I give a rating between 0 and 10. A rating of 0 means completely uninteresting to me and 10 means super exciting, IMVHO.

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Macs finally switching to Arm-based processors?

Apple hasn’t officially said anything yet, but the move from Intel processors to internally designed chips on Macs has been speculated for a long time. Now it’s beginning to look like this is more than just a rumour. The logical event for making such an announcement would be Apple’s developer conference, WWDC. After all, it was at WWDC 2005 where Steve Jobs announced a move from PowerPC to Intel.

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