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Maybe Apple might switch from Intel to ARM for the Mac at some point. They've switched architecture twice before (68k to PowerPC, PowerPC to Intel), they could
by TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
Maybe Apple might switch from Intel to ARM for the Mac at some point. They've switched architecture twice before (68k to PowerPC, PowerPC to Intel), they could do it again. I'm sure they'd relish the chance to design their own desktop CPUs, not just ones for mobile devices.
- drudru11 10y agoNextStep ran on 68k, Sparc, PA RISC, and I think a few others. Btw - laptop CPUs are A LOT like mobile CPUs. Single threaded performance on Apple ARM CPUs are very competitive with recent Intel laptop processors.
- __d 10y agoI keep hoping that's why there's been no new Mac hardware recently ...
- digi_owl 10y agomore likely that they will retire the whole MacOS line at that point. Not sure if they have alienated enough of the media production market to do so though.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoWhy would ARM be the death of macOS? If it can run on Intel, PowerPC and 68k, what's another processor transition? And why would that “alienate the media production market”? Apple could build a beefy ARM machine if they needed.