Thread: ARM based Macs?
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      10-01-2020, 08:13 PM   #11
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If you need a MacBook Pro right now, just buy it because there isn't such a thing as a perfect time to buy a computer.

Intel based Macbook Pros will be supported for years to come. In addition, for those that need to run Windows in a virtualized container (VMWare Fusion or Parallels), Intel based Macbook Pro would be a better - if not the only - option.

There are many reasons why Apple decided to switch to own ARM based processors. One of them is Intel's poor record delivering processors on time.

In July 2020, "Intel disappointed once again by announcing that their 7nm processors would be delayed to somewhere in between late 2022 or early 2023" (source: https://www.patentlyapple.com).

The same thing happened in 2018, when Intel delayed its 10-nanometer chips to 2019.

Apple made the right decision. The dependency on Intel became an enterprise risk.
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