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People have been calling for/or expected Apple to switch to ARM/make their own chip for years and years before they actually switched. At that point people were

People have been calling for/or expected Apple to switch to ARM/make their own chip for years and years before they actually switched. At that point people were just surprised to see Apple actually do something.

alimov 4y ago
Maybe people in tech, but this doesn’t apply to (I’d like to say- Most of) their regular users
- kstenerud 4y ago
  Most of their regular users don't even know what Arm or Intel is, let alone cares about it. A macbook is a macbook. The fact that it's faster is lost on most people as well, since their daily use consists of opening the browser or video conferencing or (if they have a PC) gaming. Computers have plateaued for their current use case. The only innovation that will make a difference in the near future is AI.
  - wincy 4y ago
    I was a PC gamer but primarily use Macs for work. But I bought the MacBook Air and aside from one game (Elden Ring) every game I usually play works on the MacBook Air, some with Rosetta and some with native ARM support.
    - Applejinx 4y ago
      Heh. "Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the game selection?" I'm an Apple guy, I just thought it was funny. And my Airpod Pro observation isn't on how great they were at creating it, rather 'can you please help me get mine to switch back out of mono mode, after I put them in my ears one at a time and inadvertently convinced 'em that life is mono now?' (mind you, I kind of know: they freak out if asked to play 96k content and you get a mono low-res version)
  - DoughnutHole 4y ago
    The m1 gains are more impactful than just speed, namely battery life and thermals. The fact that I can get a full workday or more depending on load, all without a loud fan screaming at me all day honestly makes this the first laptop I've owned that works as a genuinely fully portable workstation. It's basically eliminated charge anxiety. It's not a complete game changer or anything like the original iPhone, but it's a pretty massive upgrade over the machines of 2 years ago. And "regular people" definitely care about battery life in a laptop - it's probably the most important parameter for someone who genuinely needs a laptop over a desktop.
    - alimov 4y ago
      Yeah battery life and fan noise have been so much better on the M1 16” than on the intel 16”, it’s unbelievable.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Maybe. But the fact that a computer gets 20 hours of battery life and doesn’t sound like an airplane under load is important to people.
dylan604 4y ago
I seem to recall that these specific ARM comments were made on the day the announcement was released that Apple was buying the company.

alimov 4y ago

Maybe people in tech, but this doesn’t apply to (I’d like to say- Most of) their regular users

kstenerud 4y ago
Most of their regular users don't even know what Arm or Intel is, let alone cares about it. A macbook is a macbook. The fact that it's faster is lost on most people as well, since their daily use consists of opening the browser or video conferencing or (if they have a PC) gaming. Computers have plateaued for their current use case. The only innovation that will make a difference in the near future is AI.
- wincy 4y ago
  I was a PC gamer but primarily use Macs for work. But I bought the MacBook Air and aside from one game (Elden Ring) every game I usually play works on the MacBook Air, some with Rosetta and some with native ARM support.
  - Applejinx 4y ago
    Heh. "Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the game selection?" I'm an Apple guy, I just thought it was funny. And my Airpod Pro observation isn't on how great they were at creating it, rather 'can you please help me get mine to switch back out of mono mode, after I put them in my ears one at a time and inadvertently convinced 'em that life is mono now?' (mind you, I kind of know: they freak out if asked to play 96k content and you get a mono low-res version)
- DoughnutHole 4y ago
  The m1 gains are more impactful than just speed, namely battery life and thermals. The fact that I can get a full workday or more depending on load, all without a loud fan screaming at me all day honestly makes this the first laptop I've owned that works as a genuinely fully portable workstation. It's basically eliminated charge anxiety. It's not a complete game changer or anything like the original iPhone, but it's a pretty massive upgrade over the machines of 2 years ago. And "regular people" definitely care about battery life in a laptop - it's probably the most important parameter for someone who genuinely needs a laptop over a desktop.
  - alimov 4y ago
    Yeah battery life and fan noise have been so much better on the M1 16” than on the intel 16”, it’s unbelievable.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Maybe. But the fact that a computer gets 20 hours of battery life and doesn’t sound like an airplane under load is important to people.

dylan604 4y ago

I seem to recall that these specific ARM comments were made on the day the announcement was released that Apple was buying the company.