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Re:The total PC market (including tablets) had 23% year-on-y... by darkwater on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:23AM (#25083169)
> With the swap Apple Silicon that should be an easy move into first as there are many wanting to make the jump.

Source for this? Normal users don't give a dime or don't even know about different processors (and these are the vast majority). Fan-boys will always upgrade to the latest no matter what. Prosumers might be interested or not in the change depending on the audience, and the same applies to professionals.

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Re:The total PC market (including tablets) had 23% year-on-y... by oarsinsync on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:04AM (#25083634)
> Normal users don't give a dime or don't even know about different processors (and these are the vast majority).

Intel's marketing in the 90s is a case study in how to make 'normal users' care, not necessarily about different processors, but about one manufacturer's in particular.

"Intel Inside" was hugely successful at turning 'normal users' sentiment away from any competitors.

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Re:The total PC market (including tablets) had 23% year-on-y... by asutekku on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:30AM (#25083256)
Being able to run their iOS and iPadOS apps on Mac is something that matters to the consumers and that’s thanks to silicon (could’ve been done otherwise too, but that’s how it’s marketed).
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