Comment on What if Apple / other brands sold desktop chips?
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You mean as stand alone parts for purchase?
Because Apple does have m series chips in desktop configurations already- the Mac Studio and iMac.
Comment on What if Apple / other brands sold desktop chips?
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You mean as stand alone parts for purchase?
Because Apple does have m series chips in desktop configurations already- the Mac Studio and iMac.
scheep@lemmy.world 6 days ago
yeah. It would be interesting, but Apple obviously wouldn’t ever do that unfortunately.
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yeah, from apple’s perspective it cheapens their brand and makes them just another commodity parts supplier. Plus, used outside of their ecosystem, the cups might not shine the way they do on their managed platform which could tarnish the image too. Plus, it kills some of the competitive edge they have on hardware if anyone could slap something together with the same chips.
I suspect keeping their chips and tech to themselves is vital to their strategy.
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yup. I desperately wanted Apple to support the PowerPc clones back in the 90s, and there are still times I wish that they were more open, but they have their place.