Charles Moore

Charles Moore (1951-2018) was a well known freelance writer who lived in Nova Scotia, Canada who wrote about the Mac for over 20 years — with a special emphasis on mobile computing from the vintage PowerBook to the current generation of the MacBook and iPad — and his column, “The ‘Book Mystique,” had been a weekly feature on MacPrices since 2011 until his untimely passing in 2018 due to health complications.

Why Apple Won’t Dump Intel x86 And Switch To RISC Technology ARM-Based MacBooks

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TGDaily’s Aharon Etengoff reports that Intel CEO Paul Otellini is insisting that Apple won’t be ditching x86 processors for RISC-based chips ARM silicon in its MacBook lineup “any time soon.” “Apple’s growth in Macs has quadrupled since they shifted to Intel. Their market share has quadrupled since they shifted [from PowerPC] to Intel,” Etengoff cites Otellini saying earlier this week during a company conference, adding […]