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		wickedchicken on Aug 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple's CPU lead Jim Keller heads back to AMD > Apple's strength is not in its chips. It's in its software I've always had the opinion that Apple's hardware and industrial design were top notch, but I hated their OSes and software. Then again, I was never the target market for it.

rbanffy on Aug 1, 2012 [–]

Their industrial design is top-notch, but their CPUs/GPUs are commodity elements strung together in very standard ways.

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