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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by collyw on Monday April 02, 2018 @03:56PM (#16738652)
> the famous switch from PowerPC to Intel happened when the desktop was the king,

I though one of the major reasons for the switch to Intel was the power consumption and performance on laptops.

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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by emodendroket on Monday April 02, 2018 @04:01PM (#16738703)
I'm thinking that in this case "desktop" is cast in opposition to tablets and cell phones and laptop computers can be considered "desktop" devices.
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