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KwakungoNovemba 2020 futhi i-Apple yamemezela lokho okwakwaziwa isikhathi eside. Esikhundleni se-Intel processors, ubonise amakhompyutha okuqala e-Mac manje aqukethe ama-chips akhe e-Apple Silicon. Ngaleyo ndlela waphazamisa iminyaka engu-15 yokubambisana, okwavela ngokusobala njengomnqobi. Ngenxa yama-iPhones, amakhompiyutha akhe athandwa kakhulu, ukuthengiswa kwanda, futhi kwadingeka. Ngalesi sinyathelo, uthe angenza into efanayo, kodwa okungcono. 

Kwakungu-2005 futhi uSteve Jobs wamemezela ku-WWDC ukuthi i-Apple izoyeka kancane kancane ukusebenzisa ama-microprocessors e-PowerPC ahlinzekwa yi-Freescale (owayekade eyi-Motorola) kanye ne-IBM bese eshintshela kuma-Intel processors. Lesi bekungokwesibili lapho i-Apple ishintsha ukwakheka kwesethi yemiyalo yamaphrosesa ekhompyutha yakhe. Kwakungokokuqala ngo-1994 lapho i-Apple ilahla ubuciko boqobo be-Motorola 68000 yochungechunge lweMac ivuna iplatifomu entsha ye-PowerPC yangaleso sikhathi.

Ushintsho oluphula irekhodi 

Umbiko wokuqala kwabezindaba wawuthi ukuthutha kwakuzoqala ngo-June 2006 futhi kuqedwe ekupheleni kuka-2007. Kodwa empeleni, kwakuhamba ngokushesha okukhulu. Isizukulwane sokuqala samakhompyutha we-Macintosh ane-Intel processor yethulwa ngoJanuwari 2006 ngohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Mac OS X 10.4.4 Tiger. Ngo-Agasti, Imisebenzi yamemezela ukushintshela kumamodeli wakamuva, afaka iMac Pro.

Inguqulo yokugcina ye-Mac OS X esebenza ngama-PowerPC chips kwaba yi-Leopard yango-2007 (inguqulo 10.5), ekhishwe ngo-Okthoba 2007. Inguqulo yokugcina yokusebenzisa izinhlelo zokusebenza ezibhalelwe ama-PowerPC chips kusetshenziswa inhlanganisela ye-Rosetta kanambambili kwakuyi-Snow Leopard kusukela ngo-2009 (inguqulo 10.6) . I-Mac OS X Lion (inguqulo 10.7) iqede ukusekelwa ngokuphelele.

Ama-MacBook anama-Intel processors abe yinganekwane. Umzimba wabo we-aluminium unibody wawucishe uphelele. I-Apple ikwazile ukuthola okuningi kuyo lapha, ngisho nangosayizi nesisindo samadivayisi ngokwawo. I-MacBook Air ingena emvilophini yephepha, i-12" MacBook yayingenasisindo sekhilogremu elilodwa. Kepha bekubuye kube nezinkinga, njengekhibhodi yovemvane engasebenzi kahle noma iqiniso lokuthi ngo-2016 i-Apple yahlomisa i-MacBook Pros yayo kuphela ngezixhumi ze-USB-C, abaningi abangakwazi ukuzilahla kuze kube abalandela ngonyaka odlule. Noma kunjalo, ngo-2020, unyaka eyamemezela ngawo uguquko kuma-chips ayo, i-Apple yaba umkhiqizi wamakhompyutha wesine ngobukhulu.

I-Intel ayikaqedwa (kodwa izoba maduze) 

I-Apple ivame ukugxekwa ngokungaphenduli ngokwanele ekuthuthukisweni kwemakethe, nokuthi ngisho namakhompyutha ayo ochwepheshe ngesikhathi sokukhululwa avame ukusebenzisa iphrosesa isizukulwane esidala kunomncintiswano wayo osuvele unawo. Njengoba kunikezwe umthamo wokudiliva, ngakho-ke isidingo sokuthenga ama-processor, imane ikhokhela i-Apple ukwenza yonke into ngaphansi kophahla olulodwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunobuchwepheshe obumbalwa obubaluleke kakhulu enkampanini yehadiwe yekhompiyutha kunama-chips lapho imishini ngokwayo esebenza khona.

Ngokuyisisekelo, kunemishini emithathu kuphela ekunikezeni kwenkampani ongayithenga nge-Intel processor. Kukhona i-iMac engu-27" okumele ishintshwe maduze, i-3,0GHz 6-core Intel Core i5 Mac mini okumele isuswe maduze, kanye ne-Mac Pro, okunemibuzo ebalulekile mayelana nokuthi i-Apple ingakwazi yini ukuletha umshini ofanayo nesixazululo sawo. Uma kucatshangelwa okulindelwe kulo nyaka kanye neqiniso lokuthi kungekudala i-Apple izomane inqamule ukwesekwa kwe-Intel kumakhompyutha ayo, cishe akukho phuzu ekucabangeni ngokuthenga lawa ma-Mac.

I-Apple Silicon iyikusasa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akubukeki sengathi kukhona okumangalisayo okuzokwenzeka kumkhuba wokuthengisa we-Mac. Kungashiwo ukuthi siseneminyaka okungenani engu-13 yekusasa eliqhakazile lama-chips ochungechunge lwe-M futhi nginelukuluku elikhulu lokubona ukuthi yonke ingxenye izokhula kuphi.

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