When run against PC laptops, the MacBook Pro line
(running Windows under Boot Camp) has, on several
occasions, been the fastest Windows laptop in its class.
Apple doesn't refresh their line up as frequently as many
PC manufacturers do their consumer lines, but when you
move up the line to a business-class machine like Dell's
Latitude or HP's Vectra, there are a lot of similarities.
As an Apple buyer, I'm all about performance. I'd be
unhappy if Apple moved to Intel while AMD offered an
inferior product, and today, that's the case.
I'd be willing to bet that the reasons Apple was talking to
AMD were twofold:
1) AMD has graphics switching technology similar to what
Apple just implemented on their own, so it may have been
that AMD's Optimus technology was up for consideration,
but was ultimately ruled out.
2) It is in Apple's interest to keep Intel on their toes. You
never sit down at the table with one vendor and one
vendor only. That's a great way to hand margins over to
your supplier.
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