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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by toyg on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:21PM (#23606864)
That’s mostly because desktop systems are built with more background services and traditional multitasking in mind. iOS has a different set of principles.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by baddox on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:24PM (#23606895)
But luckily for Apple the control the OS as well.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by sjm-lbm on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:33PM (#23607013)
If that was enough, though, they'd just do that now. They control the OS without making laptop silicon.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by baddox on Monday June 22, 2020 @07:29PM (#23608194)
Right, but an iPad is already an example of what they can do when they control both.
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