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I don't think it's negotiating tactic, or any complex strategy. I just think Apple look at the MacBook and Air and see them as mobile devices far closer in mark
by stupidcar 8y ago
I don't think it's negotiating tactic, or any complex strategy. I just think Apple look at the MacBook and Air and see them as mobile devices far closer in market fit to the iPhone/iPad than the MacBook Pro. And given that they're already manufacturing their own chips with the power/perf profile as needed for mobile devices, why not use them?
- ksec 8y agoIt make perfect sense for MacBook and MacBook Air, but neglecting MBP, Mac mini, iMac, iMac Pro, and Mac Pro. Creating a Platform which support ARM in the low end and x86 in the high end is far more expensive than whatever BOM cost that is saved from using their own designed SoC. That is unless Apple goes back to Universal Binary.