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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1855194" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>My suspicion is that the folks at Apple have a mountain of data which leads them to the conclusion that moving to the ARM processors had benefits that outweighed the risks Apple is not the only customer that is less than pleased with Intel's performance and pathway to move forward to higher performance chips. Look no further than the recent increase in interest in the Ryzen processor. That likely would not happen if everyone was pleased with the status quo at Intel. </p><p></p><p>When it comes to Apple and trends in technology beware of conventional wisdom. Here are just a few examples where the conventional wisdom was, shall we say, less than spot-on:</p><p>1. I was around for the shift from PowerPC to Intel and IIRC there was much anguish about that possibly being the death of the Mac as we knew it. Turns out it wasn't. The transition had its bumps but overall the transition went rather smoothly.</p><p></p><p>2. Prior to Apple's decision to allow Mac clones, there were many suggestions that this move alone would increase Apple's market share. In reality, the opposite seems to have happened. Market share for Apple itself declined as Mac users purchased clones rather than paying for an honest to goodness Apple product. </p><p></p><p>3. Many of us have lamented Apple's decision in recent years to make Macs that are super thin and usually can't be upgraded by the user. I said a while ago that this trend was driven primarily by data. Like many of you on the forum I enjoyed being able to upgrade memory and hard drives among other things.. I suspect though that we are the exception among both Mac and PC users. I bet the data indicates that most users <strong>did not</strong> upgrade their own machines. When the time came to do that they either paid a technician to do it or purchased a new machine. Admittedly, I know several people who buy user-upgradeable PCs but they are the exception rather than the norm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1855194, member: 131855"] My suspicion is that the folks at Apple have a mountain of data which leads them to the conclusion that moving to the ARM processors had benefits that outweighed the risks Apple is not the only customer that is less than pleased with Intel's performance and pathway to move forward to higher performance chips. Look no further than the recent increase in interest in the Ryzen processor. That likely would not happen if everyone was pleased with the status quo at Intel. When it comes to Apple and trends in technology beware of conventional wisdom. Here are just a few examples where the conventional wisdom was, shall we say, less than spot-on: 1. I was around for the shift from PowerPC to Intel and IIRC there was much anguish about that possibly being the death of the Mac as we knew it. Turns out it wasn't. The transition had its bumps but overall the transition went rather smoothly. 2. Prior to Apple's decision to allow Mac clones, there were many suggestions that this move alone would increase Apple's market share. In reality, the opposite seems to have happened. Market share for Apple itself declined as Mac users purchased clones rather than paying for an honest to goodness Apple product. 3. Many of us have lamented Apple's decision in recent years to make Macs that are super thin and usually can't be upgraded by the user. I said a while ago that this trend was driven primarily by data. Like many of you on the forum I enjoyed being able to upgrade memory and hard drives among other things.. I suspect though that we are the exception among both Mac and PC users. I bet the data indicates that most users [B]did not[/B] upgrade their own machines. When the time came to do that they either paid a technician to do it or purchased a new machine. Admittedly, I know several people who buy user-upgradeable PCs but they are the exception rather than the norm. [/QUOTE]
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