Richard thinks Apple (AAPL) could switch to an internally designed PC processor for notebooks in the second half.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/intel-stock-has-rocketed-heres-why-it-might-be-time-to-sell-51580149283

Rumors start to spread that Apple is being ripped apart, as engineers demand move to Ryzen mobile chips (Apple has special group working on this), and all top managers and old guys insist on keeping original plan moving to proprietary ARM (that is consumer oriented can't compete with Ryzens). Going the way of their own CPU allows Apple to get $200-300 more from each notebook as mobile chips are extremely profitable for both Intel and AMD.

Small addition from my own source.

New MacOS aka "iOS notebook edition" will fully shut down 3rd party application install outside the Apple app store. So notebooks will match their smartphones and tablets.

Also, my source told that all major chips will be even better protected and will have flashed unique crypto identifiers so you won't be able to repair anything or replace any big chip.

Screen, battery and other parts will be also crypto protected and replicable only in authorized center.

New Apple notebooks design are made to specially fully prevent any replacements or repair.

@rockroadpix

Well, we just need smart guys to do next FCP X :-)

All else is not so valuable.

Plus for now Hackintoshes are still options.

New update - present rumors that we'll see 1-2 models in 2020 already.

I think this exact leak is a bluff from Apple side, as situation with smartphone and tablets is very bad.

Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers with its own main processors by next year, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is working on three of its own Mac processors, known as systems-on-a-chip, based on the A14 processor in the next iPhone. The first of these will be much faster than the processors in the iPhone and iPad, the people said.

Apple is preparing to release at least one Mac with its own chip next year, according to the people. But the initiative to develop multiple chips, codenamed Kalamata, suggests the company will transition more of its Mac lineup away from current supplier Intel Corp.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Apple’s partner for iPhone and iPad processors, will build the new Mac chips, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private product plans. The components will be based on a 5-nanometer production technique

The first Mac processors will have eight high-performance cores, codenamed Firestorm, and at least four energy-efficient cores, known internally as Icestorm. Apple is exploring Mac processors with more than 12 cores for further in the future, the people said.

First custom Mac chips won’t be able to rival the performance Intel provides for high-end MacBook Pros, iMacs and the Mac Pro desktop computer.

Apple’s Mac processors will include several components, including the main processor, known as a Central Processing Unit or CPU, and the GPU, the graphics chip.

The Kalamata project has been going for several years. In 2018, Apple developed a Mac chip based on the iPad Pro’s A12X processor for internal testing. That gave the company’s engineers confidence they could begin replacing Intel in Macs as early as 2020

Apple has already started designing a second generation of Mac processors that follows the architecture of chips planned for the 2021 iPhone. That indicates Apple wants to put its Macs, iPhones and iPads on the same processor development cycle.

Macs will still run the macOS operating system, rather than the iOS software of the iPhone and iPad. Apple is exploring tools that will ensure apps developed for older Intel-based Macs still work on the new machines. The company also has technology called Catalyst that lets software developers build an iPad app and run it on Mac computers.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-23/apple-aims-to-sell-macs-with-its-own-chips-starting-in-2021

Only one thing I do not agree is how muhc MacOS will change (actually it will be iOS but with different interface part).

Don’t buy Apple.

No really, don’t buy hammer too

Man has always known how to develop his tools, he is even very good at it. But he rarely does something good with it. At the end it always ends up creating a system that bites its tail. Progress is a system that always requires more to stand up. It's a vicious circle. The hammer and the nail gave way to the screwdrivers and the screws which itself gave way to the composite materials. What do you win? Solidity for more pollution. Progress is a system and all systems end badly. You know that I know it.

It’s not because you don’t understand that it doesn’t make sense.

Give me one viable system (health, agriculture, education, politics, economics, energy, military, technology ...). I’d be happy to answer you that as soon as you create a tool, you solve a problem and you create others that will not be long in coming. This is called progress.

Go ahead, experience it, quote me a system and I will explain some of its problems caused by its tools.

My english is not good. Sorry.

I learned this things at university. You need to understand that a word have a definition and sometime some other significations when you read between lines. Progress have a deep impact on our lives. Progress is not a panacea.

yes me too, I asked you a specific question.

Our knowledgeable contacts have confirmed the MacBook 2021 will use a 5nm variation of A14X chip for iPad.

Kalamata might be the codename, and the fact that Apple is using Big Little approach with eight high performance cores codenamed Firestorm, and four energy-efficient Icestorm cores is hardly a surprise.

Present sales not so good

My source at Apple told that it is big tensions among Mac hardware team.

Almost all top management and some lead hardware guys support propriatary ARM and total system lockdown.

Most people below and few managers support move to AMD CPUs and APUs, including both desktop and notebook lines.

Apple has growing hardware group who already made multiple notebook prototypes using 8 core CPUs and also prorotypes of 12-16 core mobile CPUs (will be available next year). And Apple ARM chips can't compete even with weakest of the chips. Especially bad situation is with prolonged hard work like rendering, cache performance, storage performance and cooling overall.