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Presumably Apple began working on and set the ship date without any regard to this particular development.

• thoughtsimple 6y ago
  It was about the previous problems. This is just more of the same.
  • dathinab 6y ago
    They would have switched anyway. Apple is all about controlling all parts of their phone and software. Now they have a well working ARM chip they have all the control over which is good enough for at least the non developer models of their laptops so it was just a question of time until they switch. I mean why _long term_ maintain two OS'ses and two CPU archs when you can just focus one one. (And yes I'm convinced Apple will turn macOS into iOS+some desktop features in the long run).
    • bch 6y ago
      Is there a legit case for doing it as an exercise for the experience (shaking out bugs, making discoveries by having 2 discrete development platforms), or as a strategic card, so they “have options”? I don’t know how the costs scale - whether it’s <2, ~2, or >2, and at what cost any (potential) benefits are simply cost prohibitive. Anybody have insight into this business, esp with something approaching a major player like Apple?
      • ghettoimp 6y ago
        There's a pretty in-depth video analyzing the motivations and perceived strategic benefits here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgEKDGNjqsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgEKDGNjqsk I'm not sure he's entirely right, but I found it pretty compelling, overall.