My fear is that touting a certain number of bits in the instruction set as a proxy for technological leadership will bite Apple in the ass. It's never been some

My fear is that touting a certain number of bits in the instruction set as a proxy for technological leadership will bite Apple in the ass. It's never been something they emphasized with much success -- e.g. the early PowerPC chips were arguably superior to their x86 contemporaries but it wasn't enough to compel users to switch. And whether Apple wants to buy into the chip game, well, good luck with that.