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Yeah, I don't understand this leap from Apple running ARM to Microsoft running ARM. No one can match the performance of Apple's ARM chips. If Microsoft uses A
by 762236 6y ago
Yeah, I don't understand this leap from Apple running ARM to Microsoft running ARM. No one can match the performance of Apple's ARM chips. If Microsoft uses ARM, it will be significantly slower than Apple's and Intel's chips, and that doesn't make sense.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoI think there is an assumption that Apple will release products at lower price points without the Intel tax. This is somewhat supported by their greater focus on services and lower cost products like the iPhone SE. If this is the case then the problem for Microsoft is losing Windows market share to macOS.
- immigrantsheep 6y agoIt really isn't because most of the Windows market is either corporate or 3D/Gaming related. In those markets Macs are still a niche product by a huge margin.
- saati 6y agoYeah the company selling a $5 piece of metal for a cool K will surely pass those savings on to the consumer.
- greedo 6y agoWhile I would love for Apple to lower prices, I don't see them doing so. It doesn't fit into their pricing pattern over the last decade or so.
- scarface74 6y agoJust look at the iPad. The $329 10.2 inch iPad is a great buy. The $499 inch iPad Air is basically a rebranded first generation iPad Pro with a better processor.
- greedo 6y agoYes, that's the one outlier, but it's also the low end item in a relatively stagnant lineup. They haven't dropped the price on the iPad Pro, and most Macs have gone up in price in this period.
- GeekyBear 6y agoAccording to Ming Chi Kuo, who is one of the more accurate Apple prognosticators, the iPad will be moving to the low entry level price/high performance chip strategy of the iPhone SE later this year. >Kuo predicts that the releases will "follow iPhone SE's product strategy." Specifically, he says that the models will be affordable, and adopt Apple's "fast chips" similar to how the iPhone SE used the chip found in the flagship iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models from the fall of 2019. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/14/108-inch-ipad-expected-in-2020-9-inch-ipad-mini-in-early-2021-says-ming-chi-kuo https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/14/108-inch-ipad-exp... It would certainly be interesting to see Apple apply this same strategy to an entry level laptop.
- scarface74 6y agoThe iPad Air is basically an iPad Pro without FaceID. Apple bought a lot of the features from the iPad Pro to the Air and low end iPad including pencil support and the keyboard attachment. They also finally left the 9.7 inch form factor to change the size to 10.2. The iPad is plenty powerful enough for most users. The MacBook Air has been $999 forever outside of a brief time when it was more expensive and a usable Mac Mini has usually cost $799. Not $699. The iMac have also maintained their prices.