IntelUser2000
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These comparisons don't really matter. If Apple makes an A13-A14 Macbook/iMac, they could go all integrated route and have no expansion slots. The advantages of that is lower power, lower cost.
Intel and Apple's focus is different enough that we can't compare them Apples-to-Apples. That's the real problem we have. We are trying to look at the real world through a benchmark, where everything is equal. There's no such thing. Nothing exists in a vacuum. You'll get very flawed results when you try to do that.
Intel is trying to be the best at the horizontally integrated model where it works with multiple vendors. Apple is trying to be the most vertically integrated company where they can control as much of the system as possible.
There is obviously an advantage to the total vertically integrated model Apple is trying to pursue. Often, Intel has to wait for other vendors to do their stuff before they release their chips, or to fix a bug. For example remember Speedshift? It needed a compatible OS. For Intel, they need to work with Microsoft, the open source community at various Linux distros, and Apple. If you own the operating system, and the device, you can schedule everything together.
Intel and Apple's focus is different enough that we can't compare them Apples-to-Apples. That's the real problem we have. We are trying to look at the real world through a benchmark, where everything is equal. There's no such thing. Nothing exists in a vacuum. You'll get very flawed results when you try to do that.
Intel is trying to be the best at the horizontally integrated model where it works with multiple vendors. Apple is trying to be the most vertically integrated company where they can control as much of the system as possible.
There is obviously an advantage to the total vertically integrated model Apple is trying to pursue. Often, Intel has to wait for other vendors to do their stuff before they release their chips, or to fix a bug. For example remember Speedshift? It needed a compatible OS. For Intel, they need to work with Microsoft, the open source community at various Linux distros, and Apple. If you own the operating system, and the device, you can schedule everything together.