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This title reads like they are going to put new chips into existing and already purchased computers :(
by turminal 5y ago
This title reads like they are going to put new chips into existing and already purchased computers :(
- UncleOxidant 5y agoOver the air software update ;)
- bitwize 5y agoYes but can we download more RAM?
- xoxxala 5y agoIf Elon Musk ran Apple, that's the way it would work.
- tediousdemise 5y agoThis evokes in me an image of a laptop built with fully reconfigurable hardware (something like an FPGA). Imagine if you could actually download a faster processor :)
- kuhsaft 5y agoYou can (and most likely already do) with microcode [0] :) [0] https://www.anandtech.com/show/16549/rocket-lake-redux-0x34-microcode-offers-small-performance-gains-on-core-i711700k https://www.anandtech.com/show/16549/rocket-lake-redux-0x34-...
- throwaway889900 5y agoIn the future, nanobots will accept an over-the-air hardware upgrade and reassemble your CPU to a new configuration.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y ago...inside your brain. As long as you're paid up.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoI divine that they're already talking about that in meetings about implanted chips, which they want to make mainstream. Brain implant as a service.
- 0ldskool 5y agoYou could probably get the free version with ads constantly showing up in your brain.
- cosmotic 5y agoAs cool as these things run, an over-the-air update that just lets it run a bit hotter could work surprisingly well, especially for devices with fans.
- ternaryoperator 5y agoThat's because the headline is not what the author actually wrote, which was: "every Mac line is due for a refresh this year" The editors dropped a key word.