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

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 […]