Re:Apple M1 vs. Intel
by m463 on Friday March 19, 2021 @03:09AM
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Intel is worried, and they are naming their competitor.
Personally I hope Intel just realizes their strong points and makes their platform more attractive in the direction apple is not going.
Although they already contribute a lot to the linux ecosystem, maybe they can open things up, allow disabling the management engine, support the more interesting projects that preserve user choice and control.
I believe the direction apple is going will be fine for them, but maybe not for their customers as they leech away control and options.
The beauty of the pc ecosystem is openness. You can put together a system with your choice of case, motherboard, memory, uh.. cpu... and gpu. You can plug any number of things in a PCIe slot. You can use a hard disk, ssd or nvme card.
Think about the fact that pcpartspicker exists. There is no need for that kind of thing for apple (or gaming consoles).
Personally I hope Intel just realizes their strong points and makes their platform more attractive in the direction apple is not going.
Although they already contribute a lot to the linux ecosystem, maybe they can open things up, allow disabling the management engine, support the more interesting projects that preserve user choice and control.
I believe the direction apple is going will be fine for them, but maybe not for their customers as they leech away control and options.
The beauty of the pc ecosystem is openness. You can put together a system with your choice of case, motherboard, memory, uh.. cpu... and gpu. You can plug any number of things in a PCIe slot. You can use a hard disk, ssd or nvme card.
Think about the fact that pcpartspicker exists. There is no need for that kind of thing for apple (or gaming consoles).