Re: [MBZ] OT Apfel intel

2018-04-02 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yes - more proprietary lock-in so you can only buy from them - got to make up for flagging iPhone sales . . . On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:14 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Old news. They’ve been working in this direction for several years and > not been secret about

Re: [MBZ] OT Apfel intel

2018-04-02 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Old news. They’ve been working in this direction for several years and not been secret about it. They have been using their own in-house designed chips for a while in Mac Book Pros and iMacs. https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/02/apple-custom-mac-chips-2020/ -D > On Apr 2, 2018, at 5:10 PM,

[MBZ] OT Apfel intel

2018-04-02 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Heard on financial news today: Apfel plans to quit using intel/wintel chips by 2020. I had hoped that this meant they might adopt some AMD processors. That is not to be. Apfel put out the word that they plan to design their own. To my interpretation, that is not a good choice. Even with