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IDK how it actually went down at Apple HQ but I can imagine. They are so, so keen on sleek, quiet machines that it tops all other concerns. When the hardware en
by tootie 6y ago
IDK how it actually went down at Apple HQ but I can imagine. They are so, so keen on sleek, quiet machines that it tops all other concerns. When the hardware engineers said "more performance is going to require a fan or two" the leadership said "nah, let's design and fab our own CPUs".
- kzrdude 6y agoWell, and who's laughing now? :)
- spideymans 6y agoMore likely that they realized their iPad chips were faster than their Intel notebooks, and really had no choice but to move to their own chips on the Mac.
- mrtksn 6y agoI applause all the fellow misophoniacs in cupertino! No constant or repeating sound is too silent to be ignored.
- machello13 6y agoI have to imagine this is a joke or do you actually think the only advantage of the M1 is that you need 1 less fan in your machine?
- tootie 6y agoJoke with a kernel of truth. I'm not saying they didn't do a great job with the M1. I'm just saying it's an unusual direction for their business to take unless it was initiated to serve their core strategy of delivering visually appealing devices with nice software.