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ARM-based Macs could be 50% or even 100% faster than Intel ones

By Ed Hardy • 4:40 pm, June 21, 2020

Apple_macbookpro-13-inch_screen_05042020 — The replacement for the 13-inch MacBook supposedly will be one of the first ARM-based Macs.
*Photo: Apple*

The first Macs running ARM-based processors designed by Apple could be out as early as the fourth quarter of 2020, according to trusted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. This will supposedly bring significant performance gains.

We’ll possibly know for sure tomorrow, as Apple will supposedly reveal its plans to move macOS to its A-series processors at WWDC 2020.

First ARM-based Mac could be a 12-inch MacBook with butterfly keyboard

By Ed Hardy • 3:10 pm, June 12, 2020

Apple’s first ARM-based computer will be a very slim and light MacBook, according to a leaker claiming inside information and sources in Apple’s supply chain. The Mac-makers move away from Intel chips will begin with a 12-inch MacBook that supposedly will include the controversial butterfly keyboard.

Apple could confirm Mac’s transition to ARM chips at WWDC 2020

By Killian Bell • 4:31 am, June 9, 2020

Full-screen works great on a MacBook. — The move we've all been waiting for is finally getting close.
*Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac*

Apple reportedly will confirm the Mac’s transition to ARM chips during its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on June 22.

The company has been using Intel processors inside the Mac since it ditched PowerPC chips in 2006. But speculation regarding a move to custom CPUs has been growing as Apple’s own chips have become incredibly powerful.

We may not see an ARM-powered Mac this year, however. Sources say Apple plans to announce the initiative, code-named Kalamata, at WWDC 2020. That would give developers time to adjust before the first ARM Macs arrive in 2021.