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Tag: A-series Macs

With huge changes looming, should you avoid buying new Macs?

Monday, March 4, 2019 11:28 amMonday, March 4, 201927 Comments

It seems that Apple is paving the way to change the Mac’s processor architecture once again…

Intel execs believe that Apple’s ARM-based Macs could come as soon as 2020

Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:33 pmThursday, February 21, 201916 Comments

Apple is widely expected to move its Mac line to custom ARM-based chips…

Apple 2019: Glimpses of next-gen MacBook Pro, MacBook Air seen in Intel roadmap

Friday, December 28, 2018 12:25 pmFriday, December 28, 201810 Comments

The MacBook Pro and MacBook Air should benefit from Intel’s chip makeover in 2019…

Performance shootout: Apple’s new 11-inch iPad Pro vs. 2017’s 10.5-inch iPad Pro

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:35 pmTuesday, November 13, 20182 Comments

The new 2018 iPad Pro is a marvel of engineering, with a brilliant new design and a chip so powerful…

Apple iPad Pro’s A12X chip has no real rivals; it delivers performance unseen on Android tablets

Thursday, November 1, 2018 11:10 amTuesday, December 18, 201810 Comments

Apple iPad Pro’s A12X chip is the stuff of Qualcomm and Intel’s worse nightmares…

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple A-series Macs coming in 2020 or 2021, Apple Car in 2023-2025

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:55 pm22 Comments

The shift to ARM in the Mac has been predicted for some time…

MacBooks powered by Apple A-series chips are finally going to happen soon

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:24 pm19 Comments

When it came time to introduce the new iPhone chip last week, Apple gave an ample presentation…

Apple A-series-powered Mac idea boosted as ARM claims its chips can out-perform Intel

Thursday, August 16, 2018 2:33 pm13 Comments

It’s long been rumored that Apple is working on Macs powered by custom-designed ARM CPUs…

Apple said to introduce new ‘inexpensive’ Mac notebooks this year

Monday, August 13, 2018 2:02 pmMonday, August 13, 201816 Comments

Quanta’s shipments are expected to rise above 10 million units in the fourth quarter thanks to orders for Apple’s new inexpensive notebooks…

Did Apple just show its hand on future low-end, A-series-powered MacBooks?

Friday, July 13, 2018 4:04 pm8 Comments

Yesterday’s announcements about refreshing the high-end MacBook Pro models effectively gave away Apple’s plans…

MacPad? Apple granted a patent for a dual display MacBook or future-gen iPad Pro

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:32 pmWednesday, February 28, 20189 Comments

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 26 newly granted patents for Apple Inc…

Universal Apps: Is the Mac in danger?

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 2:15 pmWednesday, February 14, 201827 Comments

There have been published reports that, beginning with macOS 10.14 and iOS 12…

Apple’s strategy for iOS and macOS: Take more time to squash the bugs, unify iOS and Mac apps

Monday, February 12, 2018 2:02 pmMonday, February 12, 201812 Comments

The next sweeping iOS update, codenamed ‘Peace’ and likely to be called iOS 12, will include a number of…

Despite feature hold in focus on quality, Apple still aims to allow iOS apps to run on Macs this year

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:00 amWednesday, January 31, 201810 Comments

One key feature remains on the roadmap for 2018: The ability for Macs to run iPad apps…

How Apple can turn the iPhone into an ultra portable MacBook Air

Thursday, January 18, 2018 4:05 pm8 Comments

Amid the battles over bezels, screens, and battery life, there’s one thing that all iPhones have in common…

Apple has already partially implemented fix in macOS for ‘KPTI’ Intel CPU security flaw

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 4:25 pmWednesday, January 3, 201816 Comments

After a public disclosure of a security flaw with nearly every Intel processor produced for the last 15 years…

Apple’s design delirium or something

Friday, December 22, 2017 9:58 amFriday, December 22, 20173 Comments

I watch with increasing trepidation at the direction Apple is taking its products…

Project Marzipan: Can Apple succeed where Microsoft failed?

Thursday, December 21, 2017 5:05 pmFriday, December 22, 201717 Comments

Apple plans to give developers a way to create a single app that will work across both iOS and macOS…

Apple is working to unite iOS and macOS; will they standardize their chip platform next?

Thursday, December 21, 2017 1:00 pmThursday, December 21, 201723 Comments

Apple is working on a new type of ‘user experience’ that combines iPhone, iPad and Mac apps..

Why Apple would want to unify iOS and Mac apps in 2018

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 11:34 am19 Comments

Apple is said to be working on a way to allow developers to build apps…

Apple to provide tool for developers build cross-platform apps that run on iOS and macOS in 2018

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 10:25 amWednesday, December 20, 201712 Comments

Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers…

The once and future OS for Apple

Friday, December 8, 2017 11:31 am6 Comments

This isn’t necessary about the Mac getting iOS-ified anymore than it is iOS getting Mac-ced…

No, Apple won’t build A-series ARM-based Macs

Friday, October 13, 2017 3:47 pm41 Comments

Apple did a marvelous job migrating macOS from Motorola 68000 chips to Power PC and then to Intel x86…

The pros and cons of Apple A-Series MacBooks

Friday, September 29, 2017 5:00 pmFriday, September 29, 201731 Comments

Apple wants, and has the resources, to control the design of all of the important semiconductors in its products…

Apple, a semiconductor superpower in the making, looks to build their own ARM-based processors for Macs

Friday, September 29, 2017 11:00 amFriday, September 29, 201723 Comments

Apple is expanding efforts to develop proprietary semiconductors to better compete in artificial intelligence…

Mossberg: There’s a good chance Apple will introduce ARM-based Macs

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 11:06 am31 Comments

If you became a frequent computer user starting anytime between, say, 1990 and 2007…

As Microsoft and Qualcomm work on ARM-based PCs, the stage is set for Apple A-series Macs

Friday, December 9, 2016 9:58 amFriday, December 9, 201619 Comments

Qualcomm today announced that it is working with Microsoft to bring support for Windows 10…

Apple could transition to ARM chips in Macs, but probably won’t

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 5:30 pmWednesday, November 23, 201643 Comments

With every release of a new iPhone powered by another cutting-edge processor designed by Apple…

Will Apple’s next-gen iPads be faster than Macs?

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 4:26 pmTuesday, October 4, 201633 Comments

Apple has added support for an ARM chip to macOS Sierra, igniting another wave of speculation…

macOS Sierra code suggests Apple could dump Intel processors in Macs for Apple A-series chips

Friday, September 30, 2016 12:55 pmFriday, September 30, 201643 Comments

Could Apple be working on next-generation Mac hardware that would be powered by an in-house designed processor…

Hello, Apple? It’s Mac. Have you forgotten me?

Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:28 pmThursday, September 22, 201640 Comments

Apple has continuously been leaving its Mac line dusty and old…

The iPhone’s new A10 Fusion chip should worry Intel

Friday, September 16, 2016 11:26 amFriday, September 16, 201619 Comments

Apple’s latest generation of smartphone processors has basically caught up with Intel’s laptops CPUs…

When will Apple put Intel’s Kaby Lake chips inside new Macs?

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:00 pmWednesday, August 17, 201628 Comments

Claims Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processors may not appear in new Macs until next year…

Apple’s MacBook Pro not likely to sport Intel Kaby Lake processors this year

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:55 pmTuesday, August 16, 201622 Comments

At today’s Intel Developer Forum, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and other Intel execs showed off its 7th Generation Core…

Apple A10-powered Macs on the way? Decoding Apple’s WWDC 2016 media invitation

Thursday, June 2, 2016 1:30 pmThursday, June 2, 201655 Comments

If you think Apple’s been slow with Mac innovation you are not alone…

Why Intel’s problem won’t be Apple’s problem

Friday, April 22, 2016 1:03 pm49 Comments

This week, beleaguered Intel announced that it was laying off 12,000 employees

Apple’s emphasis on security makes ARM-powered Macs ‘inevitable’

Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:42 am27 Comments

Apple will offer Macs equipped with an ARM processor, the same silicon used in the iPhone and iPad…

Another reason Apple may make its own Mac chips

Thursday, March 24, 2016 6:20 pm36 Comments

Here’s another reason why Apple may consider making its own chips…

Apple is a semiconductor powerhouse; expect the first ARM-based Macs to appear in 2016

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:35 pmTuesday, March 31, 201538 Comments

Apple has become one of the largest semiconductor makers in the world…

Apple’s blowout quarter predicted very accurately by same analyst who predicts ARM-based Macs

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:01 pmWednesday, January 28, 201533 Comments

Apple’s stunning iPhone sales in the December quarter took almost everyone by surprise…

Apple prepping A8-powered MacBook Air for 2014 release?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:32 pmWednesday, February 19, 201434 Comments

Apple heaping praise on its own A7 was not just an iPad Air promo…

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