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If anything Apple seems to be moving away from Intel chips and emphasizing their own ARM designs. Much more likely they will release an ARM-based laptop.
by cageface 15y ago
If anything Apple seems to be moving away from Intel chips and emphasizing their own ARM designs. Much more likely they will release an ARM-based laptop.
- philwelch 15y agoNope--running x86 software natively (see: Windows, Linux) is still a competitive necessity. If Apple wanted their laptops to run on embedded-class processors with an x86-incompatible ISA and no other venders than themselves, they would have stayed with PowerPC.
- cageface 15y agoI don't expect Apple to abandon x86 any time soon but I would not be at all surprised to see them bring out an ARM-based Macbook Air with fantastic battery life and no heat. Most laptop users have their CPUs idling 80-90% of the time as it is. I don't see any upsides for them in an Intel acquisition.
- philwelch 15y agoWhat's the point of a MacBook Air that's x86-incompatible? Unless they abandon x86 they'd either need to emulate it or fragment their product line, neither of which is an appealing option.