Apple unlikely to dump Intel by 2020
 

It is probably just an attempt to get a price reduction

Last week the Tame Apple Press was reporting how Apple was going to dump Intel and use its flavour of ARM chips in its MacOS computers.

To the Tame Apple Press (TAP), this is simple proof of how cool Apple is. In a few short years, with a bit of help from ARM, it can come up with a chip which matches Intel’s finest.

It is good news for TAP. Intel needs more competition, and Apple is a good customer for Intel chips. However, no one for a moment thought “is this possible?”

While Apple might be able to make better and faster A-series RISC-based processors they are not exactly the best thing to run a PC. While Microsoft has been making slow work putting Windows on ARM chips, its use is limited, and the functionality of such PCs are limited in comparison to x86. Good enough for basic low-powered portable PCs perhaps, but not good enough for the demands of Apple fanboys who use the gear for work.

It is not viable for those who use Macs for desktop publishing or music. All the software for that market is x86 focused. Apple might be able to create a PC friendlier chip of its own if it buys a licence from Intel for x86, but Intel is unlikely to want to do that.

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