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Apple ARM would like to be where Intel ISA as a de-facto platform is today - but not sure what in my comment implied I meant Apple want to be financially where
by blinkingled 6y ago
Apple ARM would like to be where Intel ISA as a de-facto platform is today - but not sure what in my comment implied I meant Apple want to be financially where Intel is today.
Also that would not preclude them from being financially where they want to be - more Macs sold at Apple premium - even if they are to run Windows and Linux - still means more Apple hardware sales and more money.
- ianmassey 6y agobut the two things are inextricably tied - intel's open platform resulted in their financial performance to a hugely meaningful degree, and the same with apple's strategy vs. their performance. obviously it's not apples to apples in any number of ways, but apple's strategic decision to operate as a closed platform empowers many of the things they see as key to their performance. i understand what you meant, but i don't think apple views that as a goal they should pursue.
- blinkingled 6y agoMac is not currently a closed platform however and making it closed would be a gamble on Apple's part - far from certain they will succeed like they did with iOS. Your logic implies they are closing it down and that will lead to more monetization. That's not a given. We don't know that they will take that gamble yet - assuming they won't, the only way to make more money on the Macs is selling more of them - sales have been fairly stagnant on the Mac side btw.