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<title><![CDATA[A MacBook with Apple inside Intel begs to differ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rumors about Apple developing a MacBook with one of its own chips--not Intel's--were advanced on Friday, based on a post at a Japanese-language Web site. An Intel executive had some thoughts on the subject. Apple&amp;39's rumored experimentation with a MacBook Air using the same kind of processor used in the iPad is probably little more than the usual dabbling in new design concepts that any device maker does. (Credit:Apple)Let's get right to the post on the Japanese Web site Macotakara Kanteidan about the rumored MacBook Air test vehicle packing a Thunderbolt port. In a Japanese-language post entitled &quot;Is an A5-equipped MacBook Air being tested&quot; the site claims that &quot;according to someone who has seen a model running with [Apple's] A5 processor, the performance is better than had been thought.&quot; Assuming the report is credible, that's a pretty big leap from a frantic rumor about Apple &quot;dumping Intel&quot; to a real system running on the A5, the Apple-branded chip--based on an ARM design--that's used in theiPad 2. To date, Apple's ultrathin MacBook Air has run exclusively on Intel processors. And that's expected to continue when Apple announces new Airs based on Intel's &quot;Sandy Bridge&quot; processors this summer, based on my own sources who are familiar with Apple's plans. I asked Intel's marketing chief Tom Kilroy about this latest report early today. &quot;We're very closely aligned with Apple. We've got our best design teams working with their best design teams. And we're quite comfortable we've got good collaboration going forward,&quot; he said. And based on the foreseeable future for the MacBook, Kilroy is most likely correct. And I also checked in with chip expert Anand Shimpi--who runs the highly respected site Anandtech--who believes it's not unusual for Apple to do some experimentation. But tinkering with a test vehicle is one thing, building a commercial system is quite different. &quot;It's not surprising to me that Apple would be experimenting with an ARM-based notebook,&quot; he said in response to an e-mail query. &quot;However, it would have to be running iOS--the experience under OS X would be suboptimal by Apple's standards,&quot; he said, adding, &quot;remember, this is what kept Apple from ever making a Netbook based on [Intel's] Atom [chip].&quot; And he had some more thoughts. &quot;In my opinion, Apple won't think about moving to ARM-based notebooks until the 'A6,' which should be based on ARM's Cortex A15 core. At that point we can have a discussion, but remember that just as ARM is climbing up, Intel is scaling down. I would be very surprised to see Apple ship an ARM-based OS X machine where performance is a concern. That's not to say that they aren't experimenting with the idea.&quot; The Japanese blog also speculates about some of the challenges facing the iOS running on a MacBook Air, among other challenges, and concludes that the A5-based MacBook Air is likely just an exercise in experimentation. (Via Apple Insider)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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