Apple Going To Drop Intel Chips In Macs

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by STexan, Apr 2, 2018.

  1. Apr 2, 2018 #1
    STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

    14,963
    29,160
    Oct 3, 2011
    Longview, TX
    0
    Oh boy. What's Apple up to now? Some kind of monitoring and intrusion technology they can have better control of?

    Apple plans to replace Intel chips in Macs with its own

    To be fair, I don't trust Intel any more than I trust Apple or AMD or any other technology producer. But I do like the way Macs run on Intel CPU's and I'm more than a little skeptical of this whole idea.
     
    STexan, Apr 2, 2018
    STexan, Apr 2, 2018
    #1
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Apr 2, 2018 #2
    Justrucking2

    Justrucking2 Road Train Member

    3,211
    4,295
    Sep 12, 2017
    Plymouth MI
    0
    I have been using Macs since the stock was $7 a share. I doubt they will screw things up. Typing on a new MacBook Air right now, sweet little machine. My MacBook Pro is over 10 years old, now just use it for diagnostics for the Cummins, it runs Windows. ;-)
     
    Justrucking2, Apr 2, 2018
    Justrucking2, Apr 2, 2018
    #2
    laaylor Thanks this.
  4. Apr 2, 2018 #3
    STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

    14,963
    29,160
    Oct 3, 2011
    Longview, TX
    0
    I ran PC's for decades but got turned onto Macbook Pros about 7 years ago and won't use anything else now. Hard to beat. Bullet proof, and ready immediately after raising the lid, unlike most Windows/PC laptops that take forever to do whatever they do when awakening.
     
    STexan, Apr 2, 2018
    STexan, Apr 2, 2018
    #3
    laaylor, Dan.S, Aamcotrans and 1 other person Thank this.
  5. Apr 2, 2018 #4
    Justrucking2

    Justrucking2 Road Train Member

    3,211
    4,295
    Sep 12, 2017
    Plymouth MI
    0
    Exactly. You pay a bit of a premium up front, not much, but come on, how many dell laptops are there that are 10 years old +, and still operating out there? And when I say still operating, all of the latest software works too? I don't know of any.
     
    Justrucking2, Apr 2, 2018
    Justrucking2, Apr 2, 2018
    #4
    Dan.S and Aamcotrans Thank this.
  7. Apr 10, 2018 #5
    laaylor

    laaylor Road Train Member

    1,615
    2,451
    Oct 16, 2007
    Creston, Wa
    0
    Me too! I’m an Apple girl all the way!
     
    laaylor, Apr 10, 2018
    laaylor, Apr 10, 2018
    #5
  8. Apr 10, 2018 #6
    CousinVinny

    CousinVinny Medium Load Member

    615
    1,774
    Jan 26, 2015
    New Jersey
    0
    Apple/Mac had traditionally ran their own hardware so it's just a return to their roots. I'd suspect it's due to losing their dominance in the creative market when they switched to PC architecture and basically stopped caring about these power users. Wouldn't be surprised to learn that bad publicity from Meltdown & Spectre played a part in the decision as well.
     
    CousinVinny, Apr 10, 2018
    CousinVinny, Apr 10, 2018
    #6
    laaylor Thanks this.
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.