Good point. And as much as I like Apple's sleek laptops, I would really miss it if I could no longer get my hands dirty and build my own desktop computers, and I doubt Apple will ever support that.
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Intel CEO Hopes to Win Back Apple by Making Better Chips Than Apple
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It would take a pretty mammoth improvement for apple to suddenly decide going back to an off the shelf solution is superior to In-house. Even if Intel were slightly faster (which is a pipe dream), Apple would just refine the software to handle the discrepancy.
It depends on what market segment you are talking about. Apple cannot compete with Intel or AMD on the high-performance workstation and gaming markets (where it's more about raw performance than about saving some Watts), and I doubt they ever will. Likewise, they will remain an Intel customer for their data centers.
The ONLY way Intel can win back Apple's business is that Intel's new fabs can make A-series SoC's for Apple, in my humble opinion.
What does being an American have to do with being pro- or anti-Intel? Do I also have to limit my car choices to Ford, Chevy, Tesla, etc? Can I only get the Librem 5 USA model for my phone? 🙄
Oh that's ridiculous, go and watch the vids I posted and weep. They REMOVED the freaking heat pipe. But then THEY PUT IT BACK IN FOR THE M1. AND they put an air gap between the CPU and heatsink of the Intel models. Yes, a freaking air gap. Go and watch the vids, and then get back to me with your Apple apologies.
Yeah, but in the fan free M1, the put the heat pipe back in, and removed the air gap between the the CPU and heatsink. These are the two things they gimped on the Intel. Go and watch the vids I posted first if you are going to comment, and prepare to weep. Don't even bother me otherwise.
Intel, this is Apple we're talking about. They were just using you as a temporary holdover the entire time.
It’s not an Apple apology. It’s a proven statement. And you completely missed my part that my work laptop (NOT Apple) gets hot and loud too. Sometimes worse than my MacBook Pro.
- If they couldn't do it in over a decade, then it's probably not going to happen.
- Apple would stay with intel, if intel gave Apple what Apple needed.
- If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.
So Apple makes a product that works better, that they can design to customize for their devices, that they can control the production of..... why exactly would they abandon that and go back to Intel.
I mean even the millions and millions spent on their own processor development really says that they're not going back.
I mean even the millions and millions spent on their own processor development really says that they're not going back.
I’m an actual engineer. You have no knowledge of my soft skills.
Your comment appears to only further the stereotype that is so often incorrectly placed upon engineers.
Regardless of your background you don’t get those kind of roles in companies such as Intel by simply being a good engineer with no other skill sets.
Performance only one aspect of the equation. Apple having control over their destiny something Intel cannot deliver.
Not that Apple is ever going to go after the workstation, server or gaming markets (as they exist today), but at some point these market segments will realize that performance per watt is in fact crucial to the very survival of the market. Energy is not free and making devices that are huge energy users, when more efficient options exist or should be further developed, is not a place any manufacturer is going to want to be in the coming years.
Intel had better focus more on Apple developing chips for the broader PC market, not just in house for Apple products, and eliminating Intel altogether like a bad rash.
Well well well....I think we can safely say this isn't going to happen Intel.