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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by klelatti on Monday June 22, 2020 @05:47PM (#23607201)
I actually agree that x86 will dominate the desktop for quite a while yet. I also agree that EPYC has materially better performance than the Graviton - Rome is very impressive.

Just can't agree though that only Apple has the ability to make desktop / server Arm parts that don't have 'terrible' per core performance. The real issue is who has the economic incentive to build competitive desktop parts - I don't see anyone who would see it as worthwhile.

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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by imtringued on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @07:03AM (#23612341)
That's the fundamental problem with the Apple monopoly. I would be perfectly happy if I could use an non-Apple laptop with an outdated Apple SoC. However, since only Apple gets access to their SoCs everyone is worse off.
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