Apple to move to ARM processors for laptops
May 9, 2011 | 9:03 am
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Apple to move to ARM processors for laptops
Hmmmm...... Just looking down the threads and I don't see anything for this. Since I was first here to let you all know about the Apple move to Intel, there are now fairly substantial rumours they will be moving their laptop line to ARM. Both Macrumors and The Register are reporting this.
If the move to Intel made a lot of sense to me back then, then this rumour, if true, this leaves me a bit nonplussed.
If the move to Intel made a lot of sense to me back then, then this rumour, if true, this leaves me a bit nonplussed.
May 9, 2011 | 9:11 am
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I can see this happening for the Air, and maybe the MacBook, but a 17" MBP running Final Cut off an ARM?
I can see this happening for the Air, and maybe the MacBook, but a 17" MBP running Final Cut off an ARM?
May 10, 2011 | 10:47 am
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http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/0...e_arm_laptops/
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/06/...uture-laptops/
May 10, 2011 | 10:57 am
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This tech blog also cited 'semiaccurate'. However, it puts forth some compelling arguments as to why the move won't happen.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...y-would-it.ars
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...y-would-it.ars
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An ARM-based laptop from Apple would make a lot of sense -- maybe to replace the MBA (the 11", especially, has a dog of a processor) -- assuming it doesn't cause too much brand confusion. A new "iBook", perhaps.
Going all ARM is implausible, especially at a time when the Intel-based Macs are still gaining marketshare in the professional world; lose the ability to virtualize Windows apps, and lose the high end performance, and suddenly all the developers I support who are bugging me for MacBook Pros rather than PC desktops/laptops will be "forget it."
Going all ARM is implausible, especially at a time when the Intel-based Macs are still gaining marketshare in the professional world; lose the ability to virtualize Windows apps, and lose the high end performance, and suddenly all the developers I support who are bugging me for MacBook Pros rather than PC desktops/laptops will be "forget it."
May 10, 2011 | 4:59 pm
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This tech blog also cited 'semiaccurate'. However, it puts forth some compelling arguments as to why the move won't happen.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...y-would-it.ars
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...y-would-it.ars
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One reason that makes iOS seem so fast on modest hardware are the constraints presented to the user. Only one application is active at any one time.
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If they came out with a separate line of iOS-based laptops, I could see this happening, but I don't think it would in the forseeable future replace the current product lines.