Re:Teardown of the 14″ MacBook Pro M2 with Apple’s Help
by jemmyw on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:10PM
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I doubt Apple will sweat. Intel and AMD aren't going to come out with an ARM based chip that's twice as fast as an M1, and their partners who manufacture the actual devices will have a harder time creating their own SOC - I guess Samsung would be well placed to do it, but they'd be as likely to just bypass Intel/AMD anyway. It's not like Apple competes on top performance.
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Re:Teardown of the 14″ MacBook Pro M2 with Apple’s Help
by Maursault on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:33PM
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They have a lot more experience, so I expect if they turned their efforts to it, they might produce something that does make Apple sweat.
Re:Teardown of the 14″ MacBook Pro M2 with Apple’s Help
by jemmyw on Monday January 30, 2023 @06:45AM
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I'm puzzled why you think that. Apple doesn't compete with Intel and AMD. If those companies produced a better ARM chip they'd be happy to sell it to Apple. Even a non ARM chip, Apple has shown they'll switch.
What would make Apple sweat at this point? Google must have when it seemed like they were going to produce high end consumer versions of ChromeOS laptops and Android phones. That's the kind of integrated experience that would compete with enough money behind it to get somewhere. Google blew that one though.
I'm not like pro Apple, I just don't think they care that much what Intel does.