This caught my eye when skimming, but I just wanted to say that I can with damn near absolute certainty say that they would absolutely never want to "win over Microsoft converts" by mirroring windows functionality. I really could never see apple caring about that at all. There's been a few times in interviews where they've clarified they don't care about market share but making the best product.. and I remember Steve jobs said something about PC's or windows I think, but he in that realm of comparison, said he'd rather sell dog ****. So I think it would be a huge stretch for them to want to mirror windows functionality to win over market share. But I guess I'm sure someone on this forum could bring up an example and say they did.
Sorry to hear your frustration with Apple moving on from ARM (although as you should probably already know, Intel isn't going anywhere for at least 5 years or so id imagine, the transition itself still taking 2 years, and support's still coming for years after that) and the hot expensive oldish style intel laptops.
Ironic that you speak as a rep for what Apple does and does not want. I was at IDC in 2002 "if memory serves" in Vegas when both Steve's were discussing market share specifically to Marketing and Business Development professionals. Both said that 4.5% is not a great place to be, and "our growth has to come from converts." Of course at this time, or 17 years removed from when Woz left Apple, he and Job's were playing nice as part of a professional round table. While both men had substantially different focuses, when Woz was asked about the future of Apple, he said "Growth through adoption and advancements." Job's, when asked about the ten year forecast said he'd like to see a 10% Apple market share, and it would have to come from new markets and as Steve (Woz) said, adoption.
I remember the statement (dog ****) from Job's about Microsoft, but it was funny to have them both (Gates/Jobs) in the same room singing each others praises not too long before Steve died in a sit down interview. I also remember that statement got him in a good bit of trouble with share holders.
Frustration is probably a good term to define my situation, but I've been doing this since 88 and I know all too well the next shiny thing is just around the corner. The problem with this conversion back to an ARM architecture is one of trust. I don't trust Apple, no more than I trust Microsoft, but had I kept the new Macbook Pro 2020, I would have had to trust they would maintain both platforms for a reasonable lifecycle on the laptop (3-5 years).
The problem is solved, I returned the Macbook to Bestbuy, and it's return was expedited by the fact I got 5 hours on the first use, and 4.5 on the second. I was running Xcode, and browser, and Youtube videos that called out coding suggestions. Plus my lap was on fire, so I'm now looking forward, with no risk, to the new ARM architecture, hoping it hits the Macbook first.
