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To: Swordmaker

By any chance, have you been following Apple’s interest in its own processor?


10 posted on 04/26/2020 1:27:39 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric
By any chance, have you been following Apple’s interest in its own processor?

Of course. There are always rumors that Apple will be bringing out Macs based on the A Series processor... soon. That’s the rumor for several “soon” years now. I saw it last week, too. I will give it more credence when they announce one. It would require a major shift in focus for software makers akin to when Apple switch from the PowerPC processor to Intel back in 2001.

They may do it for lower end MacBooks and iMacs at first, but not for higher end, maintaining Windows compatibility for higher end machines, until the A series processor can produce power similar to the Xeon for Mac Pros, plus having a Rosetta like application to run legacy Mac software on A processor Macs to allow a transition over a period of years, again as they did during the PowerPC to Intel Transition.

15 posted on 04/26/2020 9:35:05 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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