Re:Cavium Is an Arm Server Contender
by monocasa on Monday November 27, 2017 @03:36PM
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While I agree with you that we almost certainly won't see an ARM macintosh, I wouldn't be surprised to see an ARM laptop exclusively running iOS at some point. We probably will see an ARM core with single threaded performance in Intel's realm once Intel is fully backed against the wall that is the end of Moore's law. It'll probably always be slower than an intel core if it has to emulate x64, but the iOS ecosystem gives Apple control of it's on chips in a world after the commodification high performance chips.
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> an ARM laptop exclusively running iOS
So an iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard? Apple already sells those!
It's a little more than a stretch to refer to a current iPad with Bluetooth keyboard as a laptop. But sure, it shows how Apple is inching in that direction.
Well, it's a stretch for me to consider iOS as a usable laptop OS, so I guess we're both stretching. :P
But to play the devil's advocate, how is it not sufficiently laptop-ish for you? Because the keyboard is detachable? Because it has a touchscreen?
I think it will morph into a usable laptop OS as Apple pushes it into that direction.
> But to play the devil's advocate, how is it not sufficiently laptop-ish for you? Because the keyboard is detachable? Because it has a touchscreen?
Lack of a mouse equivalent. Having to move your hands off the keyboard to do anything other than type is a pain in the ass.