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		Tagbert on Aug 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Apple Will Switch to ARM-Based Macs (2014) The 12” MacBook came out in 2015 and had terrible performance and a problem with overheating. Insider reports say that Intel had promised a lower power chip with better performance that Apple designed the MacBook for but then Intel killed that chip and Apple had to use another Intel mobile chip. Some people feel that was when the problem got real.

threeseed on Aug 23, 2022 [–]

Apple would still have a lot of people who relived the same situation during the IBM days.

If you're getting hints that your chip vendor is not aligned then you better have a backup plan.

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