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Yeah. Reminds me of Microsoft people saying the iPhone isn't going anywhere in 2007. I'm still running a 2010 MacBook Pro because I wasn't ever going to upgrad

Yeah. Reminds me of Microsoft people saying the iPhone isn't going anywhere in 2007. I'm still running a 2010 MacBook Pro because I wasn't ever going to upgrade when the only options were still Intel. ARM just makes the most sense right now, whether running macOS or BSD. Even if I wanted or needed x86, I can't think of a single reason why I'd ever choose Intel over AMD. Intel can play their games of costing 300 watts to get a few percent higher framerates in games, but I'm more than happy to have something that's slightly slower and takes a non-trivial amount less power.

simonblack 3y ago
ARM just makes the most sense right now, whether running macOS or BSD. And not just those two OSs. I current run two virtual-host websites using a Raspberry Pi (ARM-based) which is running one of the Linux distros. And the MSFT Windows 'Surface' machines run on ARM too. Intel completely lost the 8-bit market through complacence when Zilog introduced the Z80. They could very easily lose the 'PC-hardware-based' platform through complacence again too.
MBCook 3y ago
Took the words out of my mouth. One of the most famous quotes: “We've learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone,” [Palm CEO Ed] Colligan said. “PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in.”