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Personally speaking I hope they go faster. The faster they rip the band-aid off the better. Apple only does this because they can. They can only do this becaus
by lugg 8y ago
Personally speaking I hope they go faster.
The faster they rip the band-aid off the better. Apple only does this because they can. They can only do this because they control so much of the ecosystem. This is a good thing. This is a benefit of them holding control over so much of the apple ecosystem. This moves the industry forward.
I don't even use apple stuff because I don't like the monopoly. But that doesn't mean I can't reap the rewards and f a faster moving industry.
- octorian 8y agoApple also doesn't think twice about giving the finger to anyone who actually depends on old hardware, peripherals, or software... or software/peripherals that only begrudgingly update to explicitly support the latest and greatest platforms. These are often the kinds of things with a far longer useful life than the computer itself, and/or things that work fine for their purpose and don't actually need upgrades. This is one area that Microsoft has generally done far better, though that may not hold true forever.
- m000 8y agoI don't think that it's the control of the ecosystem that affords Apple to dump x86. It's mostly that they can afford it. Their make money from iPhones. Their computer market share is still <7%, much of which is just hipster kids browsing the web that will not be affected much by the switch. I doubt Apple is the leading vendor even in the "creatives" segment of computer market. The bottom line is that they get to screw their computer users without really jeopardising their business.