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2006-2020

Intel-based Macs

The Intel era

Money Burned

N/A

Body Count

Every Intel Mac dev

Lifespan

5113 days (14 years)

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The Walking Dead

Is Intel-based Macs actually dead or just undead?

☠️ Official Cause of Death

Apple Silicon

Apple announced M1 in 2020. Intel Macs went from 'cutting edge' to 'deprecated' in 2 years. Rosetta 2 works too well to care.

Epitaph

Here lies the Intel switch

Apple made their own chips

The fans finally stopped

💡 The Lesson

Vertical integration wins

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I Was There Too

Raise your hand. Be honest. We all fuck up.

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