I wouldn't be overly surprised if Apple buys Intel in the foreseeable future
Sure, why not? Netflix is buying Warner Brothers, which does or at one time did own AOL, Time (all of them), the Atlanta Braves, Hawks, and Thrashers sports teams, CNN, TNT, HBO, Cinemax, DC entertainment, Six Flags, Sea World, BET, Discovery Channel and all its pieces/parts, and what looks like hundreds of more companies.
By comparison, Apple buying Intel would be a simple affair, and probably could be written up on a stained bar napkin!
When are they gonna get that cancer called Tim Cook out of that company!
I don't know...Apple's stock price is at all time highs. You probably should look at what "all time high" actually means.
It’s been a good run Apple if this is what you end up doing because many of us are probably not gonna stick with your brand
You're just overreacting now. Calm down. I recommend some nice calming yoga music for you. And get off social media.
I second the triumphant return of the Angstrom Å and its natural superiority over symbols without halos.
Although my iPhone and iPads probably make it easy, I'm basically lazy. I have no interest in learning how to type the Angstrom "A" on my other devices.
Accurate and informative headlines are a lost art. Today, it is all clickbait, hot takes, and engagement farming.
Normally, I would discount this because this is a “rumors” site, but you even see this problem on professional “journalistic” sites as well. We’ve all become a slave to the algorithm.
Oh it's too late for that already. We ARE the algorithm. Surprise!
They will need to make a judgement on the savings against tariffs vs the quality and brand impact.
Saves billions per year but the lower end devices run a few degrees warmer and 5% slower, that's probably going to be ok for the overwhelming majority who don't surf Macrumors in order to find things to be annoyed about.
I expect it will be "close enough" to TSMC quality, all things considered.
Yours is a reasonable reaction. Thank you.
That is unhelpful because it means nothing without other information.
They? That'll happen when "they" is no longer interested in Apple having 1+ Billion active and repeat customers, and no longer wanting Apple to be one of the most successful consumer tech companies in the world.
^ This guy is not wrong!
Apple was almost certainly pictched using Intel foundary before Trump was President.
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They (Apple) want some control on pricing and availability. And very often want more than one supplier.
It only makes sense.
Deal ( 'contract' ) has to be agreed to by two parties. It isn't a one-way thing either way.
This right here is not just the key to doing business. It's the main requirement for Capitalism to actually "be" Capitalism: Both parties, buyer and seller, must be able to each feel that he is getting more out of the deal than he is putting into the deal. And the other main tenet is that buyers and sellers be allowed to have their own best interests at heart.
So if Intel says it can make the chips at a certain price, and Apple is satisfied that the contract holds Intel to certain performance requirements (the chips must work, be reliable, ascribe to the contracted price, and be delivered on schedule), then who's business is it to get in the way of that? Nobody's business.
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, we hope that Intel doesn't screw this up. Because that would have a distinctly unfavorable outcome for both companies, but maybe worse for Intel.
Capitalism is NOT Capitalism if it requires somebody to enter into a deal unwillingly.
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