Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Replacing Intel

Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by astrodust on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:32PM (#16740047)

Software, you could make a case, that's been a bit of a mess lately.

Hardware, though, you've got nothing. Where have they dropped the ball on their chips?

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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by mlloyd on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:59AM (#16744626)

It's all one company. The reputation, stellar or tarnished, affects the entire brand. Their software QC has been bad lately, it's makes me question their hardware QC too. Those bugs/issues are often harder to find though - if they exist - they might not. But I think it's fair for me to question.

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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by astrodust on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:11PM (#16756755)

For a company that makes a large volume of a very narrow range of products they have a pretty good track record when it comes to physical hardware, and so far their chip work hasn't hit any major snags.

When Apple's custom CPU has its first F00F-type bug then we'll see how they handle a real issue.

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