Opinion: An Intel-free Mac in 2020 might seem unlikely, but it is coming soon<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>It’s <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/05/arm-based-macs-apple-imagination-gpu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">almost exactly a year[/url] since I last discussed the possibility of Apple ditching Intel in favor of Macs powered by Apple-designed CPUs. I argued then that it was a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if,’ echoing a view earlier expressed by <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/08/apple-switch-to-arm-based-macs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">my colleague Chance[/url].</p>
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Bloomberg yesterday suggested that <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/02/report-apple-to-begin-switch-from-intel-chips-in-macs-by-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the ‘when’ might be 2020[/url]. That might seem like an ambitious timescale, but I do firmly believe two things. One, Apple is already running ARM-based Mac prototypes internally. Two, if it doesn’t happen in 2020, it won’t be too long afterwards …</p>
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Opinion: An Intel-free Mac in 2020 might seem unlikely, but it is coming soon
