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Title: Opinion: An Intel-free Mac in 2020 might seem unlikely, but it is coming soon Post by: HCK on April 04, 2018, 04:05:20 pm Opinion: An Intel-free Mac in 2020 might seem unlikely, but it is coming soon
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/macbook-pro-concept.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</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> <p>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> <p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/03/arm-based-mac-opinion/#more-527385" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=Y92rdhl5orY:92z8sb_GgzE:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?a=Y92rdhl5orY:92z8sb_GgzE:D7DqB2pKExk) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/Y92rdhl5orY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: Opinion: An Intel-free Mac in 2020 might seem unlikely, but it is coming soon (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/Y92rdhl5orY/) |