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“ Come on, you have to admit that competition is lacking in the CPU space,” Competition is lacking because Intel fucked up. Apple bet big on power sipping perf

“ Come on, you have to admit that competition is lacking in the CPU space,” Competition is lacking because Intel fucked up. Apple bet big on power sipping performance and it’s paid off. Why should they “help” the industry out when they’re so far ahead? They also have no incentive to spend billions on R&D only to open it up to competition. That makes no sense. They’re not a platform like Microsoft is. MS wants an open platform hardware wise so they can sell more licenses of Windows. They’re different business models. Surely you see that? “ FOSS people have no reason to like Apple, let alone to support them.” Of course. And nowhere was I saying “FOSS” folks to support them just celebrate the work of your fellow hackers doing the equivalent of reverse engineering some Empire tech for the Rebellion. Does that metaphor work for you?

smoldesu 4y ago
> Competition is lacking because Intel fucked up. And now it's Apple's turn to fuck up. The M2 isn't even 20% faster than the M1, it's like a Skylake situation all over again. > Apple bet big on power sipping performance and it’s paid off. Apple bet big on the 5nm node (bought the exclusive rights to use it) and it paid off. Your marketing copywriting doesn't mean anything if you don't back it up with evidence. > They’re different business models. Surely you see that? They both make hardware. Shouldn't they both get held to the same standards, to encourage healthy competition? They certainly have the financial means to do it. I think your technical perspective on this situation is horribly maligned, you should spend more time researching the technologies Apple used rather than repeating the words from their announcement event.