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Re:Apple Spent $1B on the M3 Tape-Out, Says Analyst by _pigpen__ on Saturday November 04, 2023 @09:17AM (#38140762)
Their failure, or inability, to release tick/tock updates on Intel, was surely biting them in the ass. How much revenue was lost by not updating the trash-can Mac Pro for six years?
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Re:Apple Spent $1B on the M3 Tape-Out, Says Analyst by tonyedgecombe on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:15AM (#38141192)
>How much revenue was lost by not updating the trash-can Mac Pro for six years?

My assumption is that the devices that aren't being updated regularly aren't big sellers. If they were then they would get more attention.

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Re:Apple Spent $1B on the M3 Tape-Out, Says Analyst by troupo on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:55AM (#38142206)
There's a difference between regular updates and major yearly releases with unskippable deadlines.

Also, trashcan Mac was Apple's own self-inflicted damage, and nothing to do with Intel.

A lot of the issues with lagging updates to anything that's not iPhones are also precisely because there's no time and non resources to focus on anything but the next release.

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