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  • Beyond Rosetta 2 for Intel apps, 'Apple Silicon' Macs will run iPhone, iPad apps natively

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    What I find most exciting is a two year transition road map means architectures are pretty much sorted for all the Macs in the line up. Given we can't get any solid ideas on what the processors will look like Im genuinely excited to see what kind of monsters apple will be building for their high end iMacs and Mac Pros. I can only assume Apple will want to come out swinging so I'll be quite excited to see what a tare down of these chips will look like.
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  • Editorial: No WSJ, Apple isn't stuck in China

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    I mean this is all a little bit foolish. The idea of claiming that "Apple" as if only apple focused Its manufacturing in Asia. More or less every manufacturing company in the freaking universe sources heavily from china and east Asia and surprise surprise all of them are getting impacted from this. Apple like the rest of America's major companies have been outsourcing for one reason or another for years and this is definitely a side effect of putting too many eggs in one basket. I know Apple has attempted and experimented with diversifying its supply sourcing with some success and I simply expect this will accelerate given these current disruptions. All in all my point being that global companies outsource, mostly to east Asia, everyone is in the same boat, and I expect some changes in the future.
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  • Why Apple will move Macs to ARM, and what consumers get

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    tedz98 said:
    Saying ARM gives Apple control over the hardware/software stack doesn’t really help me understand the benefits of the switch. If Intel wasn’t missing targets would Apple still be doing this? There’s a bumpy road ahead to make the transition. It will be challenging for users. What about Pro level users? Can ARM work for them? Apple has shown they can integrate ARM processors such as the T2 chip into the existing intel platform. Maybe they should be going after graphics first? Or maybe they want seemless app capability across iOS and MacOS? Or maybe they want just a single OS? Any insights from the experts?
    Apple has always been a company that likes to have control of its own future. The design and production of your own chips is no small feat and for years now Apple has relied on third parties to carry that weight for them. If Intel was able to meet their targets it's possible this relationship would continue but it's not clear how long. Similar to their switch to Intel the reason is Apple is not able to create products it wants with the products intel is releasing or lack thereof. As a close partner with intel apple has better vision into Intel's road map. Intel says it's going to create these products and their projected release schedule. Apple creates designs based on power consumption and thermal metrics intel provides. When those projected dates come to pass and intel hasn't delivered then apple has to modify or at least delay their own plans. This obviously can cause all kinds of problems. 

    Since the introduction of Apple's own A-series chips, they have continued to expand and improve their processor capabilities into something that is extremely impressive. Its possible apple felt they had the know-how and capacity to design and develop their own chips for the Mac line. By controlling their own processors Apple is free to develop in any direction they see fit. It also provides them with capabilities to experiment in new directions for completely new concepts. I am not an app developer so the challenges to overcome from the software perspective are beyond my capability to answer well. As another poster commented this is simply speculation at this point but the signs are becoming more and more clear that something is going to happen.
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  • Why Apple will move Macs to ARM, and what consumers get

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    I'm honestly not worried. Apple will do their best to make the transition as painless as possible. I don't for see issues with graphics support or issues with IO. Apple isn't about to shoot them selves in the foot here. Apple is not the same Apple from 2006. It's a much larger company and there is allot riding on this. As for performance I think that's the true question mark. What ever Apple puts into the Mac line will be a serious departure from the ARM processors currently used in their iPhones and iPads. Having absolutely no idea what that new processor will look like is where the majority of fear/excitement is. Unfortunately, unlike before we can't peak over the fence at intel or IBM to see their roadmap.

    We'll just have to wait and see.
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  • Apple quietly pulls 12-inch MacBook from sale

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    I wonder if it's dead forever or if it will be reborn into apples first ARM Mac. It's certainly a bummer because I have one of those 12 inch MacBooks and well, it's incredible. Its lightness and smallness were simply unmatched. The new MacBook Air is impressive, but once this little guy has spoiled you, it will be hard to move to something heavier. If only it could somehow have had two USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports it would be my personal "perfect" Mac. 

    RIP little guy!
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