18 Years Ago 26 years ago (updated to 2020) Apple Introduced the First PowerPC Macs, but when Apple moved from m68k to PowerPC, they had to rely on Motorola and IBM, and it was like a going ahead with the handbrake on, so I see in what it's happening now like the fist step into emancipation of silicon, a transition from x86 to "Apple-Arm" where chips are now designed and produced by the same company who makes the final products and the operating system.
It could also be an exclusive control of the supply of or trade in a computer service (mostly for digital makers?), but for sure it's a 360 degree process of being set free from all the legal and economic restrictions imposed by the old rusty legacy who still go around with Intel x86, which actually *is* the biggest monopoly game ever seen in the last 30 years.
The announced products using the new Apple M1 are two laptops, the Bookair and the BookPro, and a mini desktop computer, the Apple mini; they are expected to be able to run the same applications that now run on the iPhone and iPad, and this means that a product like Finalcut will be soon released for Apple M1, making these products the perfect all-included ecosystem for video making.
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18 years ago -> 26 years ago