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Dogperson said:

Apple is a problem but _uckerberg and Fecesbook gets free rein?? I watched _uckerberg before Congress and something is very very wrong. 

Follow the $$$$$. 

You can certainly hold me In Contempt of Congress!
( yes i realize DOJ and congress are 2 different entities but they appear to slurp from the same trough)

I wonder, are these guys really not tired of always chasing on Apple? In the same time,  the very same guys are doing nothing against companies like Google and Facebook, which business model is just based on  a constant breach of users privacy. 

Google and Facebook - the companies of the evil for the users

techconc said:

While I do have respect for Gelsinger and think he's a much better leader than what Intel has had for years, I also have a couple of things to note:

1. Apple didn't leave Intel simply because they were able to make a better chip.  Apple left Intel because Intel's chips have had serious bugs and problems and because Intel has demonstrated that they are unreliable in terms of delivering on their own roadmaps in any consistent manner. Several years of Intel's failures have led to this decision.
2. Intel was never a great chip designer.  Intel used to maintain a competitive advantage by being on the most advanced manufacturing process.  This lead in manufacturing process masked deficiencies in their chip designs.  Now they've fallen behind the industry in manufacturing process, by a considerable margin, there is no benefit at all for Intel solutions besides maintaining legacy.
3. Apple gains great synergy by moving all of their products to the same platform.  Less codebase, better optimizations, better for users, etc.
4. Switching platforms is a big ask from the development community.  This is something you can do every 15 to 20 years or so.  Apple is already committed to moving to Apple Silicon.  Simply offering a more competitive chip isn't going to be enough to win Apple back anytime soon.  Intel would need to absolutely crush Apple's designs and do so for many consecutive years for this to even be a consideration.  Further, there is no indication Intel is even remotely capable of doing this.
5. Intel's pathetic anti-Mac ad campaigns aren't helping them win Apple's business back either.

For these reasons, Intel is just wishful thinking.  The industry is moving to ARM based solutions.  Right now, Apple has a major competitive advantage over Intel based devices and companies like Microsoft are well aware of it.  They're now scrambling to compete with ARM based solutions as well.  Qualcomm bought Nuvia because they know they need to offer PC class performance with ARM based solutions as well.