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I dunno - an ARM version of the MacBook Air would be very appealing. I doubt that many MacBook Air users are running VMS (although the latest model supporting
by EricE 7y ago
I dunno - an ARM version of the MacBook Air would be very appealing. I doubt that many MacBook Air users are running VMS (although the latest model supporting 16GB makes it more practical, it wouldn’t be my first choice) or Boot Camp. The vast majority of Mac Apps I use are in active development and I doubt there would be much lag before universal versions that also support ARM would be released.
Apple has done this twice before(68K and PPC), and currently runs a split CPU architecture ecosystem - granted there are hard product delineations between them today, but there aren’t any significant technical reasons why Apple couldn’t effectively support both ARM and Intel Macs - and do so for an indefinite period of time.
- toyg 7y agoThe MBA is a temporary aberration. The plan is to have that segment dominated by iPads. It's just taken a bit too long to figure out the right form factor (i.e. you really, really need a keyboard). I expect MBAs will eventually be dropped - again. The real issue is MBPs.
- scarface74 7y agoThe MBA that Apple has been selling alongside the iPad since 2010 is an “aberration”?
- truculent 7y agoI think the poster is referring to * Apple tried to drop it once before (but the 12’ MacBook didn’t do well enough to usurp the MBA) * The latest iPad advertisement talking about “your next computer” and the keyboard + trackpad attachment Aberration May be a bit strong. Stopgap living beyond its intended life may be more appropriate?