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Apple only sells Apple Silicon through proprietary, locked-down, non-upgradable hardware paired with Apple's choice of operating system. Even if Intel/AMD proc
by neogodless 5y ago
Apple only sells Apple Silicon through proprietary, locked-down, non-upgradable hardware paired with Apple's choice of operating system.
Even if Intel/AMD processing power was not competitive with Apple Silicon (which it is), there is a laundry list of reasons for many people to continue buying PCs.
To be sure, Intel has struggled "these past 10 years or so", taking their sweet time pushing PC processing power forward, and then making a series of mistakes in engineering. AMD also struggled prior to 2017, but they've been riding a series of successful engineering ventures recently. In the meantime, Intel will likely succeed well enough in remaining competitive with their massive resources and investments in research and development.
While the impressive performance, and especially efficiency, of Apple Silicon brings Apple into the mainstream as eligible devices, there's still, as I said, plenty of reasons outside of performance (and efficiency) that make PC's worthwhile options. Of course, if you're a fan of macOS, there's already no reason for you to consider a PC, but if you really do like Linux, then I'm not sure what it is about the current state of AMD/Intel processing hardware that you dislike so much.
- philistine 5y agoLaptops. Apple is the undisputed king of laptops, and no PC can achieve quiet power in such a light enclosure. I mean, the Macbook Air doesn't even have a fan!
- gcanyon 5y agoI'm reading this on an M1 Air. Not only doesn't it have a fan, it doesn't even get hot. Disclaimer: I'm sure it can be made to get hot. If you want to play intensive games or compile gigabytes of code, get a Pro with a fan. If you want to read, watch movies, write, create documents, the M1 Air is about perfect.
- neogodless 5y agoAre you saying there is no consumer market for non-Apple laptops?
- SxC97 5y agoNot OP, but I think that the consumer market for laptops is basically Chromebooks and iPads for anything < ~$700 and a MacBook for anything over. I would imagine that the number of high performance "gaming" laptops sold in the consumer space would be in the minority comparatively.
- Abroszka 5y ago> Of course, if you're a fan of macOS, there's already no reason for you to consider a PC, but if you really do like Linux, then I'm not sure what it is about the current state of AMD/Intel processing hardware that you dislike so much. On PC, Intel and AMD is great, the desktop M1 is not that great vs. those CPUs. The problem is the laptop form factor. All Intel and AMD laptops I owned so far were noisy, overheated, had worse trackpad, and didn't last long on battery. Those are not a problem with PCs.