Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple ditching Intel

Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by notRobot on Saturday June 20, 2020 @10:58AM (#23584299)

I don't know, I can't even think of any examples of (good for for-profit company) = (good for users)

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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by ben-schaaf on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:06AM (#23584332)

Any time there's competition, companies need to make things that users want more than their competition, and most choices towards that goal are beneficial to the consumer. Users want a faster cpu at a good price, and AMD and intel competing has lowered prices and increased performance.

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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by read_if_gay_ on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:30AM (#23584478)

You're not thinking very hard.

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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by fortran77 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:54AM (#23584601)

NVidia?

And in the non-tech world there are many: Ikea, Target, Trader Joe's,

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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by TomMarius on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:25AM (#23584443)

You have never been happy with any thing someone made?

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