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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    Yeah. Though, we saw a bit of what that might look like after the Japan tsunami. The day of the tsunami Apple packed up executives with...

    Today at 3:53 AM
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    Yeah, that's my sense too. Tracking manufacturing _volume_ is usually more important to predicting Apple's moves than tracking...

    Sunday at 4:13 PM
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    Right, and because supply chains rule the world, if Intel was lining up contracts for equipment for 18A, what kind of volume are they...

    Sunday at 1:45 AM
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    That presumes Intel would be able to make an A20 that wasn't slower than a TSMC A19. If there were such a market disruption, I don't see...

    Saturday at 1:00 AM
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    I don't think they were ever designed to augment P-cores as in a unix-based OS, there are always plenty of other processes to task the...

    Nov 19, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    It's just unix, my man. Worst case you can just symlink to the external drive and the OS/apps are none the wiser, provided you aren't...

    Nov 15, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    This is not a particularly difficult problem to solve, though. Have the fin area be plastic instead of metal, etc. Someone will get it...

    Nov 14, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    So, one wrinkle in the tariff situation is that shipments valued under $900 don't need to be inspected by customs. This has a number of...

    Nov 14, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    Got 334 in Safari on my M1 Max with 40-odd tabs and while running Factorio in the background on battery. M4 not tempting enough yet...

    Nov 12, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    For those debating storage, it's just a matter of time before someone (likely Satechi) ships an updated one of these. Likely multiple to...

    Nov 9, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    My 79 year old uncle refuses to pay federal taxes because he believes as a vet he shouldn't have to. Hardly a property of young people...

    Nov 8, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    That's not true. Lots of Mac people would buy a SFF x86 box, throw linux on it, etc. A lot of the things I'm looking at a Mini for I...

    Nov 8, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    I think it's unlikely that Apple will pull out that kind of a gap on the rest of the industry.

    Nov 5, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    I don't buy this rumor. The issue over Intel fabs is going to be domestic production of ITAR components. In the past the DOD was willing...

    Oct 30, 2024
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    johnsonwax replied to the thread Discussion Apple Silicon SoC thread.

    I don't personally, but there is a whole community of people doing it. This isn't a terrible starting point...

    Oct 29, 2024

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