You could have said all the same things about the Intel transition Apple obviously wasn't designing Intel chips; they had no choice but to take whatever Intel

You could have said all the same things about the Intel transition Apple obviously wasn't designing Intel chips; they had no choice but to take whatever Intel had. Sure, they were better than the PowerPC processors from Motorola and IBM but it was Intel’s roadmap that sealed the deal. This time, Apple doesn't have to settle for those trade-offs it had no choice but to swallow from Intel back in the day. The two year old processor in the Apple Transition Kit already has very impressive performance; the first ARM-based Macs should even be more impressive with the latest and greatest chips: https://gizmodo.com/a-wild-apple-arm-benchmark-appears-1844204355 https://gizmodo.com/a-wild-apple-arm-benchmark-appears-18442....