Steve Jobs predicted the Mac's move from Intel to ARM processors

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  • Reply 61 of 66
    DuhSesameDuhSesame Posts: 1,278member
    Actually, A12X uses less than 2x compared to quad-core i5-Us and got much better performance.
  • Reply 62 of 66
    duervoduervo Posts: 73member
    ... and when it happens, the new Hackintosh will be the Apple Pi.
  • Reply 63 of 66
    cornchipcornchip Posts: 1,950member
    hmurchison said:
    There's this misconception that an Apple Mac based on ARM is going to use the same chipset as the mobile lineup.  This is not true and will not happen.   ARM is a scalable architecture.  Apple's going to design and build their own Desktop Class ARM processors that would be too large or hot to be put in an iOS device.   Think in terms of an Apple ARM processor that approaches Ampere's offerings 

    https://amperecomputing.com/product/



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    I think this escapes most.
  • Reply 64 of 66
    SoliSoli Posts: 10,035member
    cornchip said:
    hmurchison said:
    There's this misconception that an Apple Mac based on ARM is going to use the same chipset as the mobile lineup.  This is not true and will not happen.   ARM is a scalable architecture.  Apple's going to design and build their own Desktop Class ARM processors that would be too large or hot to be put in an iOS device.   Think in terms of an Apple ARM processor that approaches Ampere's offerings 

    https://amperecomputing.com/product/ 
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    I think this escapes most.
    I agree, but I don't understand how. I guess I understand when Apple only had the A-series chip that Ax (where x is the most common value for the chip name) was used as a placeholder term for Apple's ARM designs, but for people to think that their Ax was the fastest and most powerful chip Apple could design despite the A-series being designed for a small, portable, fanless system seems shortsighted.
  • Reply 65 of 66
    igohmmmigohmmm Posts: 10member
    The same prophetic Steve Jobs, who said: "If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it’s worth – and get busy on the next great thing."

    This is what I have seen over the last decade or so, ever since the iPod, iPhone and iPad took off: Not much love for the Mac, but plenty milking an existing user base. 

    https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/04/12/how-to-live-with-a-mac-mini-or-macbook-air-with-a-small-internal-drive
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