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Comment by jarjoura

Internally Apple always had an x86 build of OS X running. Just like I’m sure they have an ARM build running today.

Intel chips ran cooler, had better power efficiency and were way faster at a lot of things than PowerPC.

Leadership was actually super reluctant to switch and it took a demo from an engineer showing the massive improvement to convince them.

If Apple is ready to switch to ARM they must have some impressive CPU. Apples not usually one to dabble here and there, so if they switch it’s going to be a wholesale ordeal. What will this look like for the Mac Pro?

parent jarjoura 6 years ago

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