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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by pilsetnieks on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:24PM (#23588622)
I don't believe it's going to be a 100% transition either way in the foreseeable future. Apple will move their low-end computers to ARM and keep their high end ones on x86. That way they will leverage over both sides whenever they want to get something out of them. "Hey, Intel, you know those expensive 10nm Xeons we wanted for the Mac Pros cheaper than you wanted to sell them? Would be too bad if we went with ARM this generation" "Hey, TSMC, know those CPUs for high-end MBPs? Give 'em to us for cheap or else."
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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by vlovich123 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:49PM (#23588726)
I’d be a bit surprised about that. Apple likes to keep things like this unified because it drastically cuts costs across the board. Additionally the chip design is going to share a lot with their mobile variants. I would expect the entire lineup to be replaced for laptops. It’s less clear for things like the Mac Pro line (or if they’ll even bother continuing that line).
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Re:Why Apple ditched PowerPC, and what it says about Apple d... by scarface74 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:15PM (#23588858)
Apple sold both 68K and PPC Macs for years. Even going further back in history, Apple sold Apple //e’s and Macs at the same time for 8 years.
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