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I think it could also be that a lot of people will be 'calmed' by the design they're used to when you're trying to convince them of a new chip the average consu

• skohan 6y ago
  I don't know about that, I think the confident move would have been to release the new chips along with a big design update. As you say, I think the average consumer doesn't understand the difference between an Intel chip and an Apple chip, and will probably not understand what if anything has changed with these new products. I would say developers would be the group which would be most anxious about an architecture change (which is probably why this announcement was very technically-oriented), and developers on average are probably going to understand that design changes and architecture changes basically orthogonal, and thus won't be comforted that much by a familiar design. On the other side, average consumers probably aren't all that anxious due to the arch change, and would be more convinced that something new and exciting was happening if it actually looked different.
  • davidgould 6y ago
    > developers on average are probably going to understand that design changes and architecture changes basically orthogonal If the reaction here to the touchbar is representative, perhaps they didn't want the M1 announcement to be overshadowed by the new feature related whining.