I work for Fry's Electronics in Austin. Our Sony rep told us why they use Intel chips rather than AMD. While they've repeatedly offerered AMD the chance to provide processors, they fall short.
Intel (and Apple) are international companies, and require large volumes. AMD cannot provide. Sony had a few AMD-based models, but they all failed because the supply chain failed.
THAT is certainly, among other reasons, why Apple had to choose Intel.
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I work for Fry's Electronics in Austin. Our Sony rep told us why they use Intel chips rather than AMD. While they've repeatedly offerered AMD the chance to provide processors, they fall short.
Intel (and Apple) are international companies, and require large volumes. AMD cannot provide. Sony had a few AMD-based models, but they all failed because the supply chain failed.
THAT is certainly, among other reasons, why Apple had to choose Intel.
Dave