Updated 27 aug. Article originally posted on 25 Aug.
With twenty percent sales of the MacBook, Apple has a wonderfully small problem at the heart of the laptop’s success. Just before macOS moved to an ARM-powered future, the audience for the older Intel standard flourished,
Apple CEO Tim Cook Presents Main Address at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) … [+]
Update Aug 27: More features for the MacBook have been leaked, this time with the addition of wireless charging to Apple’s laptops. Not to bring power into the macOS-powered machine, but to charge accessories like the iPhone or the Apple AirPOds by resting them next to the touchpad. Shabani Arif reports:
“Apple’s supply chain includes a Taiwanese diode manufacturer and will use its GPP bridge rectifiers (glass passivated package) in their upcoming MacBook. These would first be used in Apple’s AirPower wireless charging mat for multiple devices, which was officially canceled earlier this year. worth. “
Will this be another feature that Apple opposes from the Intel MacBooks to push the advanced nature of the ARM-powered Macs to a successful Indian summer for the Intel machines?
The camera module of an iPhone 11 Pro Max is seen at a desk with an Apple Watch in Warsaw, Poland … [+]
The increase of twenty percent in Q3’s year-on-year figures is calculated by supply chain analysis conducted by Digitimes. Apple introduced new models of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air in early 2020. In addition to Intel’s tenth generation Core processors, the key feature was the replacement of the hated butterfly keyboard with the expertly marked ‘magic’ keyboard that came back in a sleek switch design .
On top of the feature that many waited for to be repaired before they were upgraded, these new MacBooks were launched when locks around the world ‘agenda’s worked on the agenda. And the rise of working from home has increased spending in some technical centers … probably new laptops included for those at home.
Of course, all sales are welcome, but this spike will add to the pressure to not only maintain macOS for Intel machines, but also increase the scope and capability on this platform in addition to the emerging ARM platform.
The historic move from PowerPC to Intel saw Apple support the older architecture for four years. Is four years of support for an Intel machine purchased in 2020 enough? Given macOS Catalina supports Mac machines of 2013, I think the answer is no.
Consumers who have placed their trust in Apple by buying a new Intel MacBook this year do not want to be short-changed by Apple’s tendency to push forward by breaking with older technology.
Now read the three challenges that Apple must overcome for macOS on ARM to be a success …
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