Good read on why the Arm-based M1 is such a big deal and disruptive to Intel's and AMD's traditional business models for CPUs.

"The M1 is such a good CPU (according to Apple), that non-professional Apple customers no longer need to care about their CPU at all." #intel #amd https://t.co/0RuochX060

— Dylan Martin (@DylanLJMartin) April 23, 2021

This is certainly true, but what happens when M1's successor comes out? Apple will start offering tiers again, unless it goes nuclear and stops selling all M1-based computers. https://t.co/a5wbIaOEDV

— Emil Protalinski (@EPro) April 23, 2021

Fascinating analysis and absolutely spot on. In one breath, Apple is saying that the CPU is almost a commodity, not a feature that stands out -- and proving how stand-out its M1 CPU really is https://t.co/eRDiv4BcII via @ExtremeTech

— Jeremy Kaplan (@SmashDawg) April 23, 2021

everyone knows, whether they want to admit it or not, computers became "good enough" in the mid-00s https://t.co/2f9lrxMXp2

— Stefan Constantine (@WhatTheBit) April 23, 2021

If you haven’t yet internalized how dramatically Apple’s M1 will change the computer industry, read this. Great article.

Apple's M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model https://t.co/FFNRn9agXK

— Jeff Seibert (@jeffseibert) April 23, 2021

"According to Apple, the M1 is the right CPU for a $699 computer, and a $999 computer, and a $1,699 computer…No single x86 CPU is sold this way or positioned as a solution to such a broad range of use cases."

(Apple's M1 salvo.) https://t.co/zqcvD3rgHR

— Kontra (@counternotions) April 22, 2021

This is an interesting read. https://t.co/HiVNMrWNN8

— Bobby Bobak @ Filtru ☕️ (@bobek_balinek) April 23, 2021

Apple’s gamble, with the M1, is that its custom CPU performance is now so high, at such low power consumption, that the choice of chip inside the system has become irrelevant within a given product generation.https://t.co/TVYR3lPgZb #ARM #x86

— Suhaib Khan (@suhaibkhan) April 23, 2021

If iPad could run macOS in a VM, and otherwise supported all my Mac apps and accessories when docked at my desk, I would struggle to justify purchasing future Macs. Does that matter, though, if a decked-out iPad costs $2500+? Apple’s getting the money either way https://t.co/ROr7Qxamuw

— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) April 22, 2021

macOS will never come to the iPad. Period. There are plenty of arguments for why they’re two distinct and separately useful platforms but there’s one reason: if an iPad is a MacBook and a MacBook is an iPad, you don’t need *both*

— Luke Miani (@LukeMiani) April 22, 2021

I do *think* there is something more to the iPAD pro coming at WWDC. NOT sure what, but It's SOMETHING MORE. I'm not buying an iPad Pro based on what COULD BE. They need to SHOW ME, what more it WILL do, not CAN do. pic.twitter.com/BS8yvForo3

— // Kevin Nether (@TechNinjaSpeaks) April 22, 2021

Put macOS on the iPad, you cowards https://t.co/YC0LKqBs9R via @Verge

— Christina Warren (@film_girl) April 22, 2021

I use an iPad Pro in Magic Trackpad near-daily. Doesn’t make me want a touchscreen Mac.

— John Gruber (@gruber) April 22, 2021

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said macOS on iPad.”https://t.co/w7tqmoLA0a

— Federico Viticci (@viticci) April 22, 2021

Apple is essentially saying:

Let’s get performance out of the way.

Price will be determined by hardware bundle / form factor, not chip performance.

(And this upends everything about Intel’s business) https://t.co/MPRwv7K13s

— Zac Cichy (@zcichy) April 23, 2021

Yep, they keep launching powerful new iPad Pros before WWDC and 4-6 months before new software can take advantage of them.

— Michael Kukielka ? (@DetroitBORG) April 22, 2021

Why do you want macOS on iPad? Hold that thought!

What percentage of the market do you really represent? Hold that thought!

What would it take for macOS to work amazing on iPad? Hold that thought!

What could Apple do that’d be *better* for *more people* on iPad?

Thoughts? https://t.co/lD2um7v29U

— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) April 22, 2021

You’d think this wouldn’t need explaining

The iPad is the literal *only* reason we don’t have a touchscreen MacBook

— McGuire Wood @ Secret Sky (@Jioriku) April 22, 2021

Greg Joswiak says there is no plan to merge the Mac and the iPad #iPadPro https://t.co/bvIoTVdZaR

— iMore (@iMore) April 22, 2021