Lee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years agoApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square169arrow-up1274
arrow-up1274external-linkApple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB on a PCwww.theregister.comLee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square169
minus-squareParanoid FactoidlinkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-22 years agoNo, it’s ARM based. They’ve been licensing ARM since the iPhone. This moved up from that to iPad and then to Macs. If you look at the Linux target for M series Macs, it builds ARM binaries. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/06/apple-inks-new-deal-arm-chip-designer/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/21/m1-mac-linux/
minus-squaremonsieur_jeanlinkfedilink6•2 years agoInteresting, I thought they had ditched the ARM license completely, my mistake.
minus-squareParanoid FactoidlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-22 years agoHey, I fucked up a fact in this thread too. It happens lol no worries.
No, it’s ARM based. They’ve been licensing ARM since the iPhone. This moved up from that to iPad and then to Macs.
If you look at the Linux target for M series Macs, it builds ARM binaries.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/06/apple-inks-new-deal-arm-chip-designer/
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/21/m1-mac-linux/
Interesting, I thought they had ditched the ARM license completely, my mistake.
Hey, I fucked up a fact in this thread too. It happens lol no worries.