It's not rare to leave a company but still be interested in that company's projects. And when you're a tech blogger, it's hard to not write about a trillion USD tech company. I don't think speculating about his motives is necessary.
Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer
by jbverschoor on Sunday March 22, 2020 @10:18PM
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But he’s not a tech blogger.. He was silent for over 15 years about any tech news. Apple was also interesting when Steve was still alive. I dunno.. I get salty when I see these sorts of posts. Especially when there’s absolutely no new insights in them.
Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer
by scarface74 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:48PM
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He has been blogging about Apple at Mondaynote since 2008.
Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer
by scarface74 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:46PM
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You realize he worked for Apple for years right?
Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer
by jbverschoor on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:48PM
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Yes in fully aware of his history, probably nore so than most here
Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer
by scarface74 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:50PM
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You also realize you have a lot of grey beards here right? For instance I was typing code from the back of InCider on my Apple //e back in 1986.
Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer
by jbverschoor on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:43AM
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Yes, just like me.. Although most people are not, and a lot are marketing people from Fb/etc to bury certain posts. But that's a different story
As for the cpu side.. Apple switched before. Also, the tooling is way more up to date and code is more high level these days than before.
Intel as a company isn’t performing, so it’s been AMD and their own CPUs.. they pulled it off before, and I think it will depend on tooling, and app compatibility/performance when emulating. Although I’m not sure if that would require a license