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> 2. Apple will move to a long term two-CPU strategy with ARM on economy and low power SKUs, and Intel chips for the “Pro” SKUs. That makes sense to me: a two-
by cpeterso 6y ago
> 2. Apple will move to a long term two-CPU strategy with ARM on economy and low power SKUs, and Intel chips for the “Pro” SKUs.
That makes sense to me: a two-CPU strategy (ARM for laptops and x86 for desktops where power usage is less important) would lessen the Osborne Effect. Mac developers would have a strong motivation to support both laptops and desktops (and thus ARM and x86 macOS) so consumers would not have to fear buying a soon-to-be-obsoleted computer.
Shipping bitcode instead of ARM/x86 universal binaries would also mean that eventually Apple could drop x86 and those bitcode applications would be forward compatible with ARM desktops.
- sjwright 6y agoIn my imaginary universe, it’s be ARM for MacBook Air and a “Mac nano” shortly followed by an economy spec iMac. If the performance is there, it could eventually extend to the entire iMac line, with a broadened iMac Pro line staying Intel. It would actually be quite tidy if “Pro” Mac meant Intel, non-pro meant Apple ARM.