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Intel Expecting Apple to Transition to Custom ARM-Based Chips Starting in 2020
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Always happy to be proven wrong and time will eventually make my comment obsolete, but my opinion is backed by my money. Apple better pull some stops out in order to make me blush.
Absolutely.
I wish I could run GeekBench for a living.
There is more to performance than raw "speed".
Ergonomics, screen size, colour accuracy — external storage… hell, there is quite a list where a desktop or laptop still beats an iPad. Hands down. Any race. Any time.
lol and see serious windows only apps LOVE THAT....not!
Pretty sure Zone of Tech did some benchmarks and the iPad Pro did extremely well. Matching and sometimes beating in MacBook Pro. And this is just the CPU used in an iPad Pro. There are ARM designs meant for the desktop that SCREAM. If I know Apple, they will not go backward. When they decide to pull this trigger, you'll see a benefit with Final Cut Pro and Compressor.
Doing what? Is there a program that can exploit that processor that I'm unaware of other than Geekbench?
It will become a mobile OS if an ARM is introduced.
I guess with full Photoshop coming out, we can finally do some more or less "proper" comparison.
I am very curious to know how this affects the upcoming Mac Pro, and if this is the cause for the delay.
That's funny.
With good designers (which Apple clearly has) and a competitive process (which TSMC has), RISC can easily keep up with CISC, and provide either 20% more performance or 20% less power consumption at the same performance, your choice. The number would be closer to 10% if Intel had better designers.
This sentence should read: “This transition will greatly increase the number of Mac apps available, and it will greatly cut down on the overall quality of Mac apps.”
This transition will greatly increase the number of Mac apps available, and it will cut down on the amount of work developers have to put in to create a Mac app.
Good luck with that ... the Devil is in the Details, of which there are many.
When you see T2, think Terminator and your concern fades to smile.
Without any Pro-Applications being available on ARM, I seriously doubt it. Only having Final Cut for it available won't do the trick.
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A win for some customers, you mean. I won't be going with Apple down this road for my laptop/desktop.
It's nice to see so many confused people here, comparing ARMs performance to top of the line i7s. It's nice for a laugh, but it will not be me to burst your bubble, do go on. As for Apple, sorry (not sorry), will not stay on the mac boat, got tired of waiting for the company to grow some sense so I moved on some time ago.
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Yes, I'm sure you know much more than Apple's chip team.
Further dumbing down of the Mac line....
It’s more than evident now that Cook (and by fiat Apple) despite all his bullsh|t platitudes and “reassurances” that he doesn’t care about the Mac line and doesn’t care about Mac users.
Sad what a once great company has become....
It’s more than evident now that Cook (and by fiat Apple) despite all his bullsh|t platitudes and “reassurances” that he doesn’t care about the Mac line and doesn’t care about Mac users.
Sad what a once great company has become....
Performance per watt isn't what I'm basing any comparisons on, but I'm glad you feel that way. I like macOS, I don't like iOS-thats where I'll spend my money thank you. Best luck.
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I know where I will spend my money-thank you.
Has it dawned on the naysayers here that Apple has been KILLING it on year over year A-series chip improvements and we have no clue where they are internally at..
(probably further ahead than we think, especially if they've been eyeing doing this transition for a while now)
(probably further ahead than we think, especially if they've been eyeing doing this transition for a while now)
If they do what they did with the PPC transition, you'll likely see both for a short period of time. I remember that transition and I am sure everyone with a PPC tower is using it for a paperweight or a doorstop.
PPC abandoned them! It was the right move to go to Intel when they did.