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Great to see they're working on Metal support for the viewport (and Vulkan, of course). Apple took their sweet time coming onboard as a sponsor, but now that they have I hope it will give the developers all the support they need to work out the issues.

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I have a macbook air with M1 and blender is extremely fast (emulated x86). If only macs had sensible keyboards so the hotkeys would be easier (not a mac fan, just got it for free). Highly recommend a Numpad though it is a pinnacle of input technology.

But even older hardware can use blender without even needing a good GPU as render previews have become quite fast. If you create models for real-time rendering, an older PC without some super GPU is quite enough to work with.

Fingers are very crossed for a touch-capable Blender.

Not quite what you're after, but Blender in sidecar works really, really well for pen-based workflows. I can sculpt and texture paint with the Apple Pencil and it all just... works.

I was interested in this workflow, would be a big motivation to get an iPad pro when the time comes to get a compatible MacBook too. Are there any limitations you've found especially with modifier keys compared to a dedicated wacom tablet?

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