Apple Leads Global PC Growth With 21% Shipment Increase

[rp2011]

Have you seen the stuff they're up to lately? An entire new graphics architecture, leveraging TSMC's N3B manufacturing, dropping hyperthreading to simultaneously improve performance and efficiency, adopting on-package memory for reduced latency, etc etc.

Intel is pulling out all the stops to put up a fight against AMD and ARM alternatives. Innovation doesn't look the same everywhere.

But they are only moving BECAUSE they have been surpassed. Otherwise, they would still be sleeping, delivering the bare minimum. They are using TSMC BECAUSE they have surpassed them. It would be business as usual for them if they were not leapfrogged and on the brink of obsolescence.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I’m glad they’re moving along, but it is funny to see their answer is to adopt as much ARM-like technology (dropping of HT is hilarious) as x86 can allow 🤷‍♂️

No shame in adopting a better way of doing things. Do we ridicule other carmakers for making EVs, or other fast food chains for having drive thrus?

Where is the outrage that Intel is now going with non-upgradable RAM? How did they get in on the “Apple tax” format? 😉

It's there, we're just insulated from it since this is an Apple forum. Lunar lake comes with either 16GB or 32GB of memory though. How much does Apple have at their base level?

 

[jdb8167]

There is nothing wrong with intel processors. Apple actually transitioned to them way back in 2006 or so precisely because they were so much better than the prior architecture they had used.

In my experience Macs pre intel were slow and unresponsive at times. I think your recollection of all tech in the past isn’t 100 percent.

Well Intel is still Intel...

 

[ProbablyDylan]

But they are only moving BECAUSE they have been surpassed. Otherwise, they would still be sleeping, delivering the bare minimum. They are using TSMC BECAUSE they have surpassed them. It would be business as usual for them if they were not leapfrogged and on the brink of obsolescence.

Yes, this is the business impact of a competitive market.

 

[Tevos]

As a Windows first (need CUDA for rendering) Mac has one massive problem when leaving US shores. Of course its pricing, which to say the least is 1M% ripoff the more you spec the device up.

Take a MacMini. Fully specced up it'll cost me ~6200 USD equivalent. That's absolute insanity. You can get mini PCs for "peanuts" and on top of this you can slap inside drive like Micron 9400 Pro 15.36TB with simple 30$ M.2-SFF 8639 adapter. This drive is cheaper to buy than choosing 8TB option.

Tim Apple likes his profit margins.